Unravelling the enigma of bird magnetoreception

Nature, Published online: 23 June 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01596-6

How animals sense Earth’s magnetic field is an enduring mystery. The protein cryptochrome ErCRY4, found in the eyes of migratory European robins, has the right physical properties to be the elusive magnetosensor.

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