A trio of researchers, two with Philipps-University Marburg, the other with the University of Würzburg, has discovered how a sun compass works in the brain of the desert locust. In their paper ...

A number of broken 'Universal Type Sun Compass’ were offered to the engineers for possible repair. These sun compass was issued along with a complicated sheet of instructions to facilitate ...

Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual long-distance migration, which takes them over several thousand kilometres from the north of the USA to their overwintering habitat in central Mexico.

Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual long-distance migration, which takes them over several thousand kilometers from the north of the USA to their overwintering habitat in central Mexico.

A clock in the antennae and a "sun compass" in the brain help guide these butterflies on their 2,000-mile trek to Mexico. Right about now, millions of monarch butterflies are transforming the forests ...

Monarch butterflies employ a sun compass on their long-distance migration. Surprisingly, a new study shows that the compass is only established during flight. Monarch butterflies are famous for their ...

THE sun compass is designed for use anywhere in a belt round the world within two hundred miles north and south of a line from Birmingham to Berlin. Knowing the date and the local time, a simple ...