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 ...
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Are whale strandings linked to sunspots?
Could beached whales be linked to storms on the surface of the sun? In a recent study in Current Biology, researchers documented what may be a correlation between ...
Hunting guide’s aging journals point to changing climate
L.S. Quackenbush made a living guiding hunters in northern Maine in the 1940s and ’50s, but the meticulous journals he kept are telling biologists something about ...
Tiny pests and warm weather can cause lag in caribou migration
When spring comes to the Arctic, caribou across Canada and Alaska synchronize the timing of their movement in a massive continent-wide migration to their calving ...
Climate change leads birds to migrate earlier
Climate change is prompting migratory birds to take flight earlier, raising questions about how these shifts will affect their ability to persist in a warming ...
Bison don’t surf – they make waves
Bison aren’t simply grazing as they move across the meadows of Yellowstone National Park. They are engineering the environment, manipulating the forage on the ...
Caribou migrate a long way — but wolves travel even farther
In the battle between wolf and caribou, who wins? This isn’t a battle for survival. This is bragging rights for long-distance travel. Researchers set out to ...
Study finds sex bias in bird conservation plans
After pairing up and raising chicks, males and females of some bird species spend their winter break apart. At the end of their journey to Central or South America, ...
Genes play a role in warbler migration
For golden-winged and blue-winged warblers, where they go when they migrate south is in their genes, researchers found. “These small songbirds don’t really have ...
Geolocators yield conservation clues for migratory birds
Tiny geolocators attached to the backs of golden-winged warblers have shed new light on their migrations and revealed a part of the globe that could be critical to ...