A white stork flies in Germany, where researchers tracked the birds’ migrations and concluded that they incrementally straighten their migration routes to find more direct ways to move between ...

Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop flight ...

Migration is a survival mechanism for many species. Animals travel to find food, reproduce, reduce competition, escape predators or escape winter. Whether mammal, bird, fish or insect, a migrating ...

Using measurements from ESA's Earth Explorer Swarm mission, scientists have developed a new tool that links the strength and direction of the magnetic field to the flight paths of migrating birds.

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In late spring, as the days begin to lengthen, the mule deer of central Wyoming begin ...

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.

The life-or-death journey made by mule deer during the second-longest big game migration in North America came down to their ability to squeeze through a fence -- a discovery made by scientists using ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Field biologists tend to be a patient lot, often resigned to long days and weeks in ...

HOARE, AUTHOR OF ANIMAL BOOKS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS (AND CO-AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIC BIRD), HAS COMPILED DATA AND IMAGES FOR ALL TYPES OF MIGRATING ANIMALS, LOOKING AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND REASONS ...

Migrations can resemble an extreme endurance sport, in some cases taking animals thousands of miles across continents or oceans to feeding, breeding and overwintering grounds. New research shows these ...