Category Archives: How animals navigate

Scientific Theories, How animals navigate

Migration observation

Posted on 7 November 2015 by Richard Nissen

I love this little observation by James Mather… “I was on a ladder clearing the gutters end of last week, and over a period of hours heard a number of flocks of birds gathering to migrate, and I could see … Continue reading →

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The Wayfinders of the South Seas

Posted on 20 October 2015 by Richard Nissen

I was looking through an old copy of Classic Boat magazine (September 2004) when I discovered this article on how traditional Polynesian navigators operated. I have précised this article. For me, the importance of all this is that humans are … Continue reading →

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Animal navigation based on Gravity

Posted on 12 August 2015 by Richard Nissen

Here are the points to be added that I anticipated or predicted that they should happen as proof or implied consequences of my animal navigation model. The posting in the website is Introduction to my Ideas from Sept 2013 – “Gravity and Gyro effects … Continue reading →

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RIN16 (Animal Navigation)

Posted on 13 July 2015 by Richard Nissen

Every three years the Royal Institute of Navigation hosts a conference in the UK for everyone interested in Animal navigation.  The next one is in 2016: RIN16 (Animal Navigation) 13/04/2016 12:00:00 to 15/04/2016 12:00:00 Royal Holloway College, London RIN16 Orientation … Continue reading →

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Honey bees are not effected by Magnetism

Posted on 13 July 2015 by Richard Nissen

Our associate editor Antonio Nafarrate has brought this paper to my attention. “Does the Earth’s magnetic Field serve as a reference alignment for the Honeybee waggle dance” (Dec 2014) by Professor Gerhard Gries et al. This paper is fascinating as … Continue reading →

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The Compass Within – Sense of direction

Posted on 18 May 2015 by Richard Nissen

Article in Nature volume 18 number 4 April 2015 This is a very important piece of work which begins to bring us to an understanding how a sense of direction works and which is NOT magnetic based. We at animalnav.org … Continue reading →

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A little navigational help from animals

Posted on 18 May 2015 by Richard Nissen

A little navigational help from animals. Tristam Gooley, who is one of our heroes, and a brilliant natural navigator have posted this fascinating link to his web site. You should follow this and delve into his other insights too as … Continue reading →

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