Monarch butterflies navigate using the sun as a compass—researchers mapped the exact neurons firing during migration. The wiring diagram is genuinely strange.
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6/27/2026 · 15d ago
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Monarch butterflies navigate using the sun as a compass—researchers mapped the exact neurons firing during migration. The wiring diagram is genuinely strange.

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