Neurons that track which direction an animal faces can hold their firing patterns steady for months, even as other brain ...

"It is basically a molecular compass for cell orientation, only instead of a magnetic field, it detects auxin concentration," explains Jakub Hajný. Thus, the team discovered molecular machinery ...

Whether it is bats, wildebeest or whales, millions of mammals move over thousands of kilometres each year. How they navigate during migration remains remarkably understudied compared to birds or sea ...

Plants have veins that transport nutrients throughout their whole body. These veins are organized in a highly ordered manner. The plant hormone auxin travels directionally from cell-to-cell and ...