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Scientific Theories, How animals navigate

“Space Cue” hypothesis – a new approach to the bird navigation problem – Vallerii Kanevskyi

Posted on 18 August 2019 by Richard Nissen

Vallerii Kanevskyi has written this fascinating paper that describes how animals navigate but not in the terms of analogies of human navigation such as GPS but in terms of the very essence of quantum mechanics and consciousness.  I believe that … Continue reading →

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Summaries of important papers that cover animal navigation

Posted on 17 May 2019 by Richard Nissen

Bauer, S., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Nilsson, C., Farnsworth, A., Kelly, J. F., Reynolds, D. R., Dokter, A. M., Krauel, J. F., Petterson, L. B., Horton, K. G. & Chapman, J. W. 2019 The grand challenges of migration ecology that radar aeroecology can … Continue reading →

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Timing avian long-distance migration

Posted on 11 November 2017 by Richard Nissen

Susanne Åkesson is one of the foremost academics working in the field of animal navigation.  Her recent paper: “Timing avian long-distance migration: from internal clock mechanisms to global flights” is impressive and important. Please see attached the whole paper: Timing avian … Continue reading →

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Dr Kate Jeffery’s paper 0ct 2017

Posted on 26 October 2017 by Richard Nissen

Dr Kate Jeffery is one of our heroes and has a lab at University College London where she experiments with what the brain is doing when rats navigate around a maze. In her experimental rig, she can see neurons fire … Continue reading →

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The Albatross

Posted on 21 October 2017 by Richard Nissen

You will find other descriptions here of Henri Weimerskirch’s work on Albatrosses under Albatrosses on this site as well as Anna Gagliardo’s work on the use of smell in navigation. A book recently written by Adam Nicholson called “The Seabirds … Continue reading →

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Long-Distance Nocturnal Navigator

Posted on 15 May 2016 by Richard Nissen

Warrant11 2016 Here is a fascinating paper about The Australian Bogong Moth Agrotis infusa: which is the most amazing  Long-Distance Nocturnal Navigator.  As they navigate at night their feat is perhaps even more amazing than the migration of the Monarch butterfly in the USA. Richard Nissen editor Warrant E, Frost B, Green … Continue reading →

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A complete overview of animal navigation 2015

Posted on 1 December 2015 by Richard Nissen

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/212/22/3597.full This link is a very complete overview of the animal navigation at present in 2015.  It covers all the important work that has been done and discusses what has been found along with all the problems associated with different … Continue reading →

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