The First ‘Air Mail Delivery’ Occurred In 900 A.D.—A Biologist Describes The Package Sent (Hint: It Was A Food) And The Animals Who Delivered It
Air mail delivery is an essential part of modern life. The history of this unique invention goes back farther than you might think.
A Biologist Reveals 3 ‘History-Changing’ Flights Of The Homing Pigeon—The World’s First ‘International Messenger’
Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples.
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Finding our way
Dung beetles navigate via the Milky Way galaxy. Homing pigeons have tiny iron oxide crystals in the skin lining their upper beak that function as sensors for the earth’s magnetic field. Sea turtles ...
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The pigeon: Britain’s most misunderstood bird?
Homing pigeons – a type of domestic pigeon descended ... earth’s magnetic field and magnetic particles in their upper beak to map their position) and some even think they navigate using ...