A Tale of Dead Whales

Author: Kirschvink, Joseph L.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 48, Number 4, 1985, pp. 4-9

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 48:4, March 1985

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:48.4.Kirschvink

Abstract

Recent studies of dolphins and whales have offered the chance to discover why animals might want to detect the weak features of the geomagnetic field and how they could use them to find their way.

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