New research has showed that the individual neurons in the brains of common pigeons could relay crucial information about the Earth’s magnetic field, potentially providing these animals with an internal GPS.
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Individual neurons in birds' brains can relay crucial information about Earth’s magnetic field, possibly providing the animals with an ‘internal GPS’, according to research into magnetoreception. 
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Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered 53 neuron cells in the small bird's brain that may actually make up a biological "GPS system," each with its own characteristic response to the Earth's magnetic field. The combined data of each neuron's reaction to its north-south and up-down orientation gives the pigeon not only an accurate compass heading, but may also give it coordinates on a mental map.
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GPS networks could cut time needed for accurate alerts by a factor of ten.
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