Tag: migration

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep may not always follow the herd. Sometimes, they may make decisions about migration based on their perception, researchers believe. The federally endangered sheep subspecies usually spend...

Eastern whip-poor-wills are declining in some of their breeding grounds in the Midwestern U.S., and biologists haven’t been sure why. They thought the problem might lie in their wintering grounds,...

Northwestern Montana is a legendary area for mule deer. Hunters go there to seek out unusually large trophy bucks, which prowl through a more densely forested landscape than mule deer...

As the climate changes, researchers want to better understand how Arctic seabirds migrate to aid conservation efforts. Using telemetry, they found three jaeger species leave a shared nesting location in...

Pre-COVID-19 pandemic, University of Ottawa biology student Megan Reich enjoyed the road trip of a lifetime, crisscrossing the East Coast of the United States in search of milkweed. The plant...

Some bats are known for their long flights, but not everyone appreciates their Olympic-worthy migratory marathon. The U.K. Bat Conservation Trust recently described a 1,250-mile journey they tracked of an...

Eastern monarch butterflies kept in captivity still migrate south when they’re released. That could be good news for butterfly-rearing hobbyists and classrooms that raise monarchs as a learning opportunity. Researchers...

Conservationists and scientists around the world are partnering with the United Nations to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate migrations. The initiative includes 92 partners working under the UN’s...

When researchers study climate change, they often focus on scorching heat in hotter summers. Winter tends to get overlooked, even though extreme weather events can be impactful to wildlife. In...

What brings a million birds that breed in the Arctic to winter on the coast of northwest Mexico? “The truth is, researchers don’t actually know,” writes Julián García Walther, a...