Record #:

25785

Author(s):

Yueh, Johanna

Abstract:

Kenneth Lohmann and his colleagues have a new theory about how sea turtles and salmon routinely migrate back to their birthplaces. They suggest that animals at birth may read and store the Earth’s magnetic signature in their memory to help them migrate home.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p21, il

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research; Animals--Migration