Interview with Prof. Dr. Matthias Epple, Academic Director of the University Alliance Ruhr Liaison Office in Latin America, and Prof. Karen Shire, Ph.D. Pro-Rector for University Culture, Diversity, and International Relations at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

How pigeons find their way home over hundreds of kilometres remains one of biology’s mysteries. A study in Science points to the liver: specialised immune cells may detect Earth’s magnetic field and help birds navigate. Physicist Ulf Wiedwald (UDE) was involved.