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Shark species have an uncanny ability to find their way back to the same feeding grounds every year — even areas thousands of miles away. According to a study published Thursday, that's because sharks have a superior navigational tool at their disposal: They can orient themselves using Earth's magnetic field. They're far from the only animals to do so. Birds, whales, and many other species use the same sixth sense to plot their migrations. Bryan Keller, a biologist at Florida State University who co-authored the new study, likens this sense to "having an 'internal GPS.'" Newsletter Loading ...

Sharks use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate the world's oceans, a new study has found.  How sharks navigate thousands of miles to return to the same breeding ground every year has mystified scientists for 50 years, with experiments difficult to run.  But a study on juvenile bonnetheads found the fish are sensitive to alterations in the planet's magnetic field and use it as a form of GPS.  Scroll down for video   Sharks use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate the world's oceans, a new study has found. Pictured, the study design with wild bonnetheads   This image shows Bryan Kel...

Nature’s GPS: Sharks read magnetic fields for directions AFP/Washington Filed on May 6, 2021 An aerial view of people using their phones and cameras to film a shark swimming past in the shallow Mediterranean Sea water off the Israeli coastal town of Hadera north of Tel Aviv. (AFP file) Sharks are also known to have a fine-tuned electrosensing ability that helps them detect prey Forget Google Maps — sharks can read the Earth’s magnetic field like a GPS navigator to find their way, a study in Current Biology showed Thursday. Lead author Bryan Keller told AFP the paper vindicates a...

Sharks are among a group of animals with a 6th sense that humans don't have - they use Earth's magnetic field to navigate awoodward@insider.com (Aylin Woodward) Some shark species swim thousands of miles back to the same feeding grounds every year. They most likely use Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves, a new study shows. Shark species have an uncanny ability to find their way back to the same feeding grounds every year - even areas thousands of miles away. According to a study published Thursday, that's because sharks have a superior navigational tool at their dispo...

Loading video... VIDEO: This video is footage from an experimental trial, where the bonnethead's swimming behavior is affected by the magnetic field it is experiencing. view more  Credit: Bryan Keller Sea turtles are known for relying on magnetic signatures to find their way across thousands of miles to the very beaches where they hatched. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on May 6 have some of the first solid evidence that sharks also rely on magnetic fields for their long-distance forays across the sea. "It had been unresolved how sharks managed to successfu...