For the past few weeks, dozens of turkey vultures have been circling on thermals over my house in Oregon, preparing to soar away south into California. Not long ago, I saw a late monarch butterfly ...
Every year, billions of the world’s animals make incredible journeys over land and sea to breed and find food. Some of these species – including songbirds, shorebirds, raptors, whales, sharks, sea ...
Let's turn to the animal kingdom now. A network dubbed the internet of animals helps track migrating critters to learn about their environment and ways to protect them. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Ellen Aiken ...
Migrating animals have for a long time been tracked by recapturing tagged individuals. More recently, radio-telemetry, which requires an observer to physically follow the tagged animal, has been used.
Africa’s annual Great Migration is hailed as one of the seven wonders of the world. During this extraordinary phenomenon, over a million wildebeests traverse the Masai Mara National Reserve (MMNR) to ...
In late spring, as the days begin to lengthen, the mule deer of central Wyoming begin to “surf” the sagebrush landscape. Their break is found in the low flats where they spend their winters. That’s ...
For any animal that is using a magnetic field for long migrations, they may be using it only to detect deviations from their planned route. It has been proposed that migratory birds, for example, have ...
The internet of animals, it's a global initiative to tag, track and learn about animal movement around the world. Let's turn to the animal kingdom now. A network dubbed the internet of animals helps ...