Is there any evidence that there are animals which use the earths magnetic poles for navigation?

Question

Is there any evidence that there are animals which use the earths magnetic poles for navigation?

Answer 1

The mechanism in birds is just now becoming understood but there is no question than many birds use the earth's magnetic field for navigation. For instance, you can confuse a pigeon by putting it in an artificial magnetic field.

There are bacteria that use the earth's magnetic field to locate themselves, and I believe magnetic location is pretty widespread among animals.

Answer 2

True navigation by animals is likely to depend on events

occurring in the individual cells that detect magnetic fields.

Minimum thresholds of detection, perception and

‘interpretation’ of magnetic field stimuli must be met if animals

are to use a magnetic sense to navigate. Recent technological

advances in animal tracking devices now make it possible to

test predictions from models of navigation based on the use of

variations in magnetic intensity.

Answer 3

There are magnetic ions in birds brains that tell them which direction north is.

Answer 4

there was an article and it said that birds uses it or they use something else but yea birds i think

I wish i had Url

Also i think that is how some animal can sence something it happening when the magents is affected by something