How Pigeons Always Find Their Way Home

Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/realscience-what-these-pigeons-ca… New streaming platform: watchnebula.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/realscience Instagram: www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault Editor: Dylan Hennessy (www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (kpatart.com/illustrations) Illustrator: Elfy Chiang (www.elfylandstudios.com/) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (youtube.com/c/realengineering) Joke Suggester: Katie Sammann Imagery courtesy of Getty Images References: [1] www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/TACANA%20PROJECT%5B15… [2] journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/199/1/21/7360/… [3] www.rpra.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/national-p… [4] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Columba [5] cvhf.org.uk/history-hub/the-secret-pigeon-service-… [6] www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The… [7] www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0701575104 [8] www.jstor.org/stable/4084902 [9] www.nature.com/articles/nature03077 [10] journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/209/15/2888/16… [11] www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72525-2 [12] journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/216/4/687/1186…