Polarization vision: how insects find their way by watching the sky.
Scientists have long studied how some animals exploit celestial cues to solve navigational tasks. Recent discoveries show how locusts obtain unambiguous information from time-dependent patterns of polarized and unpolarized light in the sky.
Krapp
Holger G
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Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK. h.g.krapp@imperial.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003463:Cues; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000502:physiology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology*; D016082:Solar System; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D013472:Sunlight