These Fish Navigate with Electricity
In my latest Animal Minds post, I take a look at some research with the African elephant-nose fish - an animal that uses self-generated electricity to navigate.
Read the article here: These Fish Navigate with Electricity.
Animals in Space
Animals have played a key role in determining the safety and survivability of spaceflight. At first, animals were used to test the effects of weightlessness and the feasibility of sending a living being into space and returning it unharmed. Later, as spaceflight programs evolved and matured, scientists launched animals into space to study the effects of microgravity and spaceflight on various biological processes.
Check out my latest for Muse magazine is a timeline of animals in space.