Dropping numbers. Many animals must travel great distances across land, air and sea to meet their ecological needs. This phenomenon is called migration, defined as the "seasonal movement of ...

The first-ever State of the World's Migratory Species assessment, which focuses on the 1,189 species covered by the U.N. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, found ...

In a landmark U.N. study, researchers found nearly half of the world's threatened migratory species have declining populations. More than a fifth of the assessed animals face extinction.

Many migratory species use the Earth’s magnetic field to keep their journeys on track. Now a study of a very non-migratory ...

Massive animal migrations are among nature's most inspiring events. Whether by wing, fin, or hoof, the distance some creatures travel to search for new habitats is paralleled only by the trials ...

Unlike migratory animals, we aren’t supported by evolution and have no special physiological adaptations for migration, and ...

Chinese crested terns forage at the Minjiang River estuary wetland in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 14, 2024 ...

Recent research suggests that the exceptional navigational abilities of migratory animals may be influenced not just by the Earth's magnetic fields but also by magnetic bacteria residing within them.

A study conducted at the University of Haifa has found that more than 700 million migratory insects cross northern Israel ...