Multimedia Release 12-Jun-2017

Internal Compass Guides Glass Eels As They Swim, In Time with the Tides (11 of 15)

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Internal Compass Guides Glass Eels As They Swim, In Time with the Tides (11 of 15) — video: Glass eels, an early life stage of the European eel (*Anguilla Anguilla*). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 09, 2017, issue of *Science Advances*, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Cresci at Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science in Miami, Fla., and colleagues was titled, "Glass eels (*Anguilla Anguilla*) have a magnetic compass linked to the tidal cycle." view more

Credit: [Credit: Alessandro Cresci]

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