New preprint on Orientation and Navigation of migratory moths in Europe

🚀 Our new results on European moth orientation and navigation are now available on the bioRxiv preprint server! 🦋🌙 Why study moth migration? Moths are more than night-time fliers. They are important pollinators, key food sources for other animals, and they help move energy and nutrients across ecosystems. Understanding how they migrate helps us better protect them. 🌌 How do moths navigate at night?

http://magbbb.com/2026/03/12/new-preprint-on-orientation-and-navigation-of-migratory-moths-in-europe/

Guide: How to create Raspberry Pi-based video recording system for behavioural studies

A practical guide to building your own low-cost video recording sysetm based on Raspberry pi for various behavioural studies:

http://magbbb.com/2026/03/03/guide-how-to-create-raspberry-pi-based-video-recording-system-for-behavioural-studies/

New Insight on orientation mechanisms in migratory moths

🦋 We’re excited to share our latest Insight in eLife:👉 This Insight paper discusses the Research Article, “Geomagnetic and visual cues guide seasonal migratory orientation in the nocturnal fall armyworm, the world’s most invasive insect” by Ma et al., also published in eLife.🔗 In this work, the authors reveal how geomagnetic and visual cues shape orientation mechanisms of the migratory fall armyworm, offering new…

http://magbbb.com/2026/03/03/new-insight-on-orientation-mechanisms-in-migratory-moths/

DIY low-cost Moth Trap

A short, practical guide to building your own low-cost trap for moths and other nocturnal insects, suitable for citizen science projects:

http://magbbb.com/2026/03/02/diy-low-cost-moth-trap-2/

A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain

🕊️🧲 A new study from the David Keays lab demonstrates light-independent, magnetically induced bilateral neuronal activation in two key brain regions of pigeons: 🔹 Medial vestibular nuclei🔹 Caudal mesopallium These results strengthen the case for an inner-ear–based magnetoreception system in birds — a major advance in uncovering how they detect Earth’s magnetic field. #magnetoreception…

http://magbbb.com/2025/11/21/a-global-screen-for-magnetically-induced-neuronal-activity-in-the-pigeon-brain/

Head-direction cells as a neural compass in bats navigating outdoors

Super cool new study from the Ulanovsky group: They’ve just published in @science.org the first single-neuron recordings from Egyptian fruit bats freely flying outdoors, on a remote island (Latham Island, Tanzania). #NeuroscieneInWild

Links here: http://magbbb.com/2025/10/19/head-direction-cells-as-a-neural-compass-in-bats-navigating-outdoors/

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New Navigation review from our colleagues A new review on Orientation and Navigation of juvenile songbird migrants by our collaborators from Rybachy Animal Navigation group ( has been published today!

http://magbbb.com/2025/04/15/2255/

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New article and ERC Spotlight

http://magbbb.com/2025/02/04/1680/

Portable weather station

This is our pocket-sized DIY Weather Station, based on an Arduino Uno, designed in a compact, wire-free edition. We typically use this station to monitor light intensity, temperature, and humidity in our lab and field experiments. The Arduino and all sensors are powered via USB from a laptop or by a 9V Krona battery. Using the Serial Monitor in the Arduino IDE, you can view real-time system information and sensor data (light intensity,…

http://magbbb.com/2024/06/24/portable-weather-station/