{
  "id": 11684935,
  "title": "97-million-year-old fossils reveal the earliest known animal “GPS”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/97-million-year-old-fossils-reveal-the-earliest-known-animal-gps",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:54:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260930020329.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mysterious 97-million-year-old magnetic fossils may be the oldest evidence of an animal using Earth’s magnetic field like a built-in GPS. Their sophisticated magnetic structure could have helped an unknown ocean creature navigate thousands of kilometers with surprising precision.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}