Stellar performance: mechanisms underlying Milky Way orientation in dung beetles

Night sky orientation with diurnal and nocturnal eyes: dim-light adaptations are critical when the moon is out of sight

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A Snapshot-Based Mechanism for Celestial Orientation

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Spectral information as an orientation cue in dung beetles

(2015) Basil el Jundi et al.   Biology Letters

Neural coding underlying the cue preference for celestial orientation

(2015) Basil el Jundi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diurnal dung beetles use the intensity gradient and the polarization pattern of the sky for orientation

(2014) B. el Jundi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The role of the sun in the celestial compass of dung beetles

(2014) M. Dacke et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Honeybee navigation: critically examining the role of the polarization compass

(2014) C. Evangelista et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dung Beetles Use the Milky Way for Orientation

(2013) Marie Dacke et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

How dim is dim? Precision of the celestial compass in moonlight and sunlight

(2011) M. Dacke et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) can steer by the stars

(2008) Björn Mauck et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION