Reynolds School of Journalism | University of Nevada, Reno

How Fish Use Smell And Magnetic Fields to Navigate

A low-polygon animated salmon hides among some reeds.

Instead of using Google Maps, imagine how cool it would be to smell your way home — and while we’re at it, imagine “home” is thousands of miles away! In this animated short, Jordan Buxton explains how fish rely on their noses, as well as their sensitivity to Earth’s magnetic fields, to navigate long distances.