Tag: Animal migration

Wildlife

Quantum mechanics inside a bird’s eye: how robins navigate 10,000 kilometres without GPS

The European robin is a small bird. It weighs less than a first-class letter. The brain of the European robin is roughly the size of […]

Thinking of Yours: Scientific visualization of cryptochrome proteins in a robin’s retina creating a radical pair under blue light.
Estimated read time 16 min read
Wildlife

The Quantum Beak: How Migratory Birds Are Using ‘Spooky Physics’ to Read the Earth’s Mind

It’s March. A lawn warbler sits immobile on a reed in southern Germany. The sun has dipped beneath the horizon. Stars are out, but the […]

Thinking of Yours: The Quantum Beak: How Migratory Birds Are Using 'Spooky Physics' to Read the Earth’s Mind
Estimated read time 12 min read