Wild geese take climate action
Migratory animals are actively adjusting their traditions to climate change, new research has found.
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These migratory birds will risk their lives for a good nap
When driving across country, people can only make it so far before stopping off to rest. Likewise, most migratory songbirds must make stops during their long-distance journeys to sleep along the way. Now, researchers have ...
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Aug 19, 2019
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Chicago tops list of most dangerous cities for migrating birds
An estimated 600 million birds die from building collisions every year in the U.S., and research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology offers one explanation for it.
Ecology
Apr 1, 2019
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Researchers uncover migratory schedule of swallows, new study
Each year, migratory birds journey from their breeding grounds to their wintering grounds, making pit stops along the way.
Ecology
Jan 22, 2019
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Study finds two billion birds migrate over Gulf Coast
A new study combining data from citizen scientists and weather radar stations is providing detailed insights into spring bird migration along the Gulf of Mexico and how these journeys may be affected by climate change. Findings ...
Ecology
Jan 9, 2019
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Spring is advancing unevenly across North America
Spring is arriving earlier in many parts of North America, but this advance is not happening uniformly across the migration routes of many birds, according to a study by Eric Waller at the US Geological Survey in California ...
Ecology
Sep 12, 2018
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The sounds of climate change—Researchers develop an AI to analyze field recordings and estimate songbird arrivals
Spring is coming earlier to parts of the Arctic, and so are some migratory birds. But researchers have yet to get a clear picture of how climate change is transforming tundra life. That's starting to change as automated tools ...
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Jun 20, 2018
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Should I stay or go? Birds migrate to save energy: study
Why have some birds opted for a taxing life of constant migration—seeking out temperate climes to feed as winter arrives, only to return months later to breed?
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May 7, 2018
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Birds migrate away from diseases
In a unique study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped the origins of migratory birds. They used the results to investigate and discover major differences in the immune systems of sedentary and migratory ...
Ecology
Apr 11, 2018
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How light pollution lures birds into urban areas during fall migration
On their fall migration south in the Northern Hemisphere, scores of birds are being lured by artificial light pollution into urban areas that may be an ecological trap, according to the University of Delaware's Jeff Buler.
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