Study Is First to Directly Document Birds' Use of Light (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Study Is First to Directly Document Birds' Use of Light

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A Florida Museum of Natural History study is the first to directly document the relationships between light, eye size and how birds navigate their world. Researchers attached light-detecting "backpacks" to species such as this Conopophaga castaneiceps.

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Ian Ausprey/Florida Museum

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