{"id":137894,"date":"2022-04-09T08:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T13:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/new-research-says-that-earths-magnetic-field-is-like-a-compass-for-birds"},"modified":"2022-04-09T08:02:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T13:02:53","slug":"new-research-says-that-earths-magnetic-field-is-like-a-compass-for-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/new-research-says-that-earths-magnetic-field-is-like-a-compass-for-birds","title":{"rendered":"New Research Says That Earth\u2019s Magnetic Field Is Like a Compass\u2026 for Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-research-says-that-earths-magnetic-field-is-like-a-compass-for-birds.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mangetoreception, or the ability to sense Earth\u2019s magnetic field, is basically a superpower.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Just as the ancient Minoans of Crete used the stars for maritime navigation, birds today migrate with the help of Earth\u2019s magnetic field.<\/p>\n<p>Bar-tailed Godwits\u2014famous for their longest-known non-stop migration journeys\u2014use the magnetic field to help them figure out their current positioning in addition to where they should head next. And although this isn\u2019t the first time scientists have looked at mangetoreception (also called magnetoception) in birds, we still don\u2019t have a clear understanding of how these animals are able to tap into the magnetic field and make use of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mangetoreception, or the ability to sense Earth\u2019s magnetic field, is basically a superpower. Just as the ancient Minoans of Crete used the stars for maritime navigation, birds today migrate with the help of Earth\u2019s magnetic field. Bar-tailed Godwits\u2014famous for their longest-known non-stop migration journeys\u2014use the magnetic field to help them figure out their current positioning [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}