Desert ants navigate vast, featureless landscapes with uncanny precision. These tiny creatures possess a unique ability to perceive the polarization of sunlight, allowing them to find their way ...

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Chinese researchers have looked to the eyes of the desert ant to develop a compact chip to detect the orientation of polarised light. The chip could have a wide range of uses including in ...

The team was impressed by the desert ants’ remarkable navigation ability. This feat is largely attributed to their specialized compound eyes, which possess specialized photoreceptor cells that ...