To save whale sharks, first we track their young
An international team of researchers have for the first time uncovered the migration routes for whale sharks around Madagascar.
Ecology
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Small birds capitalize on weather patterns during epic migrations
(Phys.org) —In one of the greatest feats of endurance in the biological world, millions of tiny songbirds—many weighing less than an ounce—migrate thousands of miles to Central and South America each year. Now scientists ...
Plants & Animals
May 7, 2014
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Nathusius' pipistrelle bat sets a new bat migration record with a 2,400 km flight
A small bat migrated at least 2,486 km from Russia to the French Alps, according to recently uncovered evidence published in De Gruyter's international journal Mammalia. This migration beats the previous record flight, from ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2022
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Young puffins work out their own migration routes
Young Atlantic puffins migrating for the first time scout out their own routes, rather than relying on genetic programming or help from their parents, the latest study reveals.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2011
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Rising sea levels threaten migratory birds
Millions of birds that stop at coastal wetlands during annual migrations could die as rising sea levels and land reclamation wipe out their feeding grounds, researchers warned Monday.
Environment
May 6, 2013
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New study describes in detail a threatened long-distance wildebeest migration route
A new study was published this week describing an endangered long-distance wildebeest migration in the Tarangire ecosystem of northern Tanzania. In the study, wildlife scientists used machine learning and connectivity algorithms ...
Ecology
May 31, 2017
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Russian national park to bridge US-Russia divide
Russia on Thursday decreed a national park in its remote Far Eastern Chukotka region, paving the way for a joint US-Russian nature reserve spanning the Bering Strait, an idea first proposed by the last Soviet leader Mikhail ...
Environment
Jan 17, 2013
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Scientists examine fall migratory pathways and habits of whimbrels
As they traveled from the east coast of Canada to the northern shore of South America, Akpik, Mackenzie, Pingo and Taglu stunned researchers and the global conservation community by flying some 2,500 miles out to sea, through ...
Ecology
Sep 28, 2012
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Age before youth: Older cranes lead the way to new migration patterns
Bird migration patterns are changing rapidly worldwide due to climate and land use changes, and in the case of the endangered whooping crane, its age before youth, leading the way.
Ecology
Sep 6, 2016
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How to migrate: Young whoopers stay the course when they follow a wise old bird
Scientists have studied bird migration for centuries, but it remains one of nature's great mysteries. How do birds find their way over long distances between breeding and wintering sites? Is their migration route encoded ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2013
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