The Vikings are thought to have used a sun compass to navigate across the North Atlantic, but now new research suggests that, with the help of accessory tools, the compass could also have been ...

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In a Royal Society paper published this week, a team of researchers examined the Uunartoq disc, a fragment of a Viking sun compass discovered in a medieval convent in Greenland nearly 70 years ago ...

The sun compass held many similarities to and worked on the same principles as the mariner’s sextant, an instrument that wouldn’t be invented until 1757. Related Stories: ...

Monarch butterflies employ a sun compass on their long-distance migration. Surprisingly, a new study shows that the compass is only established during flight. Monarch butterflies are famous for ...

Monarch butterflies have a keen sense of direction, even on cloudy days. This is because they have a magnetic compass to direct their migration in addition to navigating by the position of the sun ...

Monarch butterflies employ a sun compass on their long-distance migration. Surprisingly, a new study shows that the compass is only established during flight.

Dung beetles use wind compass when the sun is high. Lund University. Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.1904308116 ...