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Excellent Research on Animal Navigation

NaviSense – the international Cluster of Excellence for the Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation is an interdisciplinary research project hosted at the University of Oldenburg.

The scientists of NaviSense aim to provide a thorough, interdisciplinary understanding of the mechanisms used by animals to navigate, and how these mechanisms can inspire technology and impact society, ecology, and biodiversity.

NaviSense is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 2026 to 2032 as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

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Monarch butterflies

Insects with remarkable navigational skills

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Become part of our team! We are looking for passionate, talented students and scientist to join us…

NaviGate – A new era for our research

The German Science Council has recommended funding for the innovative research building “NaviGate”. The facility will enable…

An open-source three-dimensional digital brain atlas of a migratory bird, the Eurasian blackcap

Scientists from NaviSense, CRC 1372, and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (UCL, London) have created the first open-source 3D brain atlas of a migratory songbird…

Magnetic compass in monarch butterflies – The New York Times article

In December 2025, The New York Times published an article into current research on the magnetic compass of monarch butterflies, in which Basil and his research team are involved…

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NaviSense sponsers- The Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" (IAR)

NaviSense sponsers- Universität Bayreuth

NaviSense sponsers- The University of Groningen

NaviSense sponsers- University of OXFORD

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