Disappearing homing pigeon mystery solved Date: January 30, 2013 Source: The Journal of Experimental Biology Summary: Homing pigeons are remarkable navigators.

The mystery of how homing pigeons are able to navigate home may have been solved. The birds use low-frequency sound waves to make a mental map of their location, new research suggests.

According to the model, pigeons increase their homing speed from about 35 mph on clear days to about 42 mph on days with an air quality index of 500. That’s an increase of about 20%.

Between 1968 and 1987, about 900 homing pigeons released at the Jersey Hill fire tower in upstate New York got lost, never to be seen again. Why couldn't they find their way home?

Their findings were published in the journal PLOS Biology. "As expected, paired individuals benefited from improved homing route accuracy, which reduced flight distance by 7 percent and time by 9 ...

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