Watch: Tracking Indiana bats to their summer grounds
Where do Indiana bats migrate in the spring? Not much has been known about their migration behaviors, and most of that has been gathered from recovering bands. To ...
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Milkweed, not migration, is behind monarch loss, study says
Butterfly researchers agree that the disappearance of milkweed in North America has harmed monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on the plant as a host for their ...
Bird numbers change with the weather
Climate change — and the frequent and intense extreme weather it can bring — influences some birds differently than others. In a study published in Global ...
Interior report shows big game conservation progress
The Department of the Interior is making progress in protecting winter range and migration corridors for big game across the West since a 2018 Secretarial Order was ...
Uncovering the rufous hummingbird migration
One fall when Josée Rousseau was banding birds as a field technician at a station in Northern California, she was surprised to capture rufous hummingbirds. The ...
Migrating amphibians contend with fewer cars
If anyone is appreciating the lack of activity associated with the pandemic lockdowns, it may be amphibians. Traffic can be deadly for amphibians migrating each ...
Urbanization changes birds’ migratory behavior
Warmer temperatures and food resources — from bird feeders to trash cans — in urban areas change the migratory behaviors of bird species, even resulting in more ...
Helping band Atlantic brant in New Jersey
Wildlife Services has worked with Middlesex County Parks since 2014 to manage wildlife damage by many species. Since our efforts focus on Canada goose and Atlantic ...
As whooping cranes rebound, flock sizes grow
As the endangered whooping crane has recovered from a mere 16 birds in the 1940s to over 500 today, their flock sizes have also increased during migration, ...
Cornell’s eBird releases hundreds of animated maps
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird program has released 500 animated maps showing bird occupation and movement across the western hemisphere. The maps merge ...