Brand new #research found that iron-containing cells in pigeons' livers may help them sense the Earth's magnetic field. #Nature is weird. 🤯 #Birds are amazing. 🐦 Read the full story in my latest Beaks & Bones post. 👇 https://beaksandbones.substack.com/p/pigeon-macrophages Original study: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ady2486 #BeaksAndBones #science #birdsofmastodon #scicomm #ornithology #pigeons