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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.
CSSC is an arm of the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. With the help of volunteers, it has ...
From the dramatic river crossings to the thrilling predatory scenes, this is one of the greatest spectacles in nature.
Guided by survival instinct, each wildebeest will cover 800 to 1,000km on its individual journey along age-old migration routes. Hungry predators including lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, wild dog and ...
Kaviok is an amateur botanist and says that, unlike southern Canada, flowers aren't a staple of spring in Arctic communities — in fact, they won't be blooming for a few more months. But when the ...
Migrating animals are found in all major branches of the animal kingdom. They include taxa as diverse as fish, crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, insects, mammals and slime moulds (Bowlin et al ...
Humpback whales are swimming up to 20 per cent more than previous scientific estimates have suggested, new study finds ...
Animals all around the world move from place to place each year in discovery of warmer weather, greater access to food, to lay eggs and have babies, and to avoid predators. This fascinating, yet ...
Tourists gather near the Mara River, waiting to witness the animals' crossing, in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, ...
The vertical migration is an important part of the food chain. Larger predator animals will eat at night when food like squid and lantern fish come to the surface where they are.