Author: Asma Siddeek

The absence of a baby’s whimper was more haunting than a scream.It wasn’t the scream that pierced the nurse’s heart, but the absence of one.Wrapped in a threadbare cloth far too thin for the scorching summer heat, a child no older than six months lay in her mother’s arms at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza. “She was too weak even to cry,” the mother murmured in a raw voice, her eyes hollow not from sleeplessness, but from watching her loving daughter’s body starve and shrink from hunger. There was no milk left to nourish her, and nothing else left to…

It is required to have a guide, a map, or else a compass to reach the exact location when we travel to an unfamiliar spot. A map helps us to identify the location in which we are, a compass indicates the direction in which we should travel. And sometimes a guide can guide us to the right location. But have you ever wondered how other organisms except human beings identify their routes for navigation? just without having any maps or compasses! Navigating the environment is a challenging task that organisms face in their daily life. However, some species demonstrate impressive…