Photo: Bats Use Magnetic "Compasses" to Navigate, Study Says



Big brown bats roost in an attic. A new study suggests that the flying mammals use a magnetic compass system similar to that of migrating birds to find their way home at night.

Photograph courtesy Martin Vonhof/Nature


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