PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - How about some survival science? No, we are not going to wrestle bears, but I am going to show you how to find your direction. If you have ever been lost in an unfamiliar place, ...

Even the best Eagle Scout prefers to navigate during the day. The Vikings, apparently, would have laughed at such a preference—according to new research, the North Atlantic seafarers’ sun compass was ...

Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual long-distance migration, which takes them over several thousand kilometers from the north of the USA to their overwintering habitat in central Mexico.

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THE sun compass is designed for use anywhere in a belt round the world within two hundred miles north and south of a line from Birmingham to Berlin. Knowing the date and the local time, a simple ...