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May 26, 2005
Migratory Songbirds Have a Night-vision Brain
Durham, N.C. -- Neurobiologists have discovered a specialized night-vision brain area in night-migratory songbirds. They believe the area might enable the birds to navigate by the stars, and to visually detect the earth's magnetic field through photoreceptor molecules, whose light-sensitivity is modulated by the field.
The full article can be found at the following link here
Posted by Surfbirds at May 26, 2005 03:29 AM
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