An electric knifefish does a shimmy in the water for the same reason a dog sniffs or a human glances around a new place—to make sense of their surroundings.

A "brainless" soft robot can navigate through twisty mazes and around obstacles all on its own, without needing guidance from a computer.

New sonar technology that gets its inspiration from dolphins allows clearer visual underwater imaging, a new study shows.

A new study sheds light on how the brain orients itself in changing environments and how things can go wrong with its internal compass.

By learning what parts of the brain are crucial for imagination to work, neuroscientists can look back over hundreds of millions of years of evolution to figure out when it first emerged.

To test two theories of sex differences in spatial skills, researchers put poison frogs in tiny pants and gave them a spa bath.

Traveling with friends can help migrating animals get where they're going, even when they go astray, researchers say.

A technique that allows autonomous cars to make relevant calculations more quickly showed it improves both traffic and safety in simulated situations.

A mathematician explains how language can keep your online accounts safe and pinpoint your location on the planet.

Grid-like cities such as Buenos Aries can have a detrimental effect on navigation ability.