Articles for tag: Earth Science, Earth’s magnetic field, Geomagnetism, natural protection

Magnetic Highways: How Earth’s Invisible Lines Steer Birds and Turtles

On moonless nights above the Atlantic, tiny songbirds slip through darkness with a confidence that seems impossible, while young sea turtles push into surf, as if listening to a map stitched into the planet itself. For decades, scientists puzzled over this long-distance certainty: how do animals cross hemispheres and return to the same beaches or ...