Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Light-independent and pulsing-sensitive magnetic compass responses in planarians
Leif Moritz, Evelyn Schmidt, Bénédicte Darbon…·Erich Pascal Malkemper
This study shows planarians have a light-independent magnetic compass that can be disrupted by magnetic pulses, suggesting a magnetite-based mechanism.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.27.754318