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Migration Pattern of Birds Are Getting Disrupted By Climate Change on a Continental Scale

POLICY 12.18.2019 08:42 AM

The study, which is published in Nature, is a first of its kind: it is one of the first observations on the impacts of climate change in bird migration timing on a continental scale.

Space Laser Tracks Earth's Largest Migration Via The Ocean

12.06.2019 07:53 AM

This article talks about on how space lasers track the Earth's biggest migration via the seas. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Scientists have used space lasers to track the migration of ocean creatures.

Scientists Look Into Impacts of Mismatched Migration Route on Tortoises

04.20.2019 14:21 PM

Adult tortoises spend the dry season in the higher regions, then back to the lower and relatively warm areas when the rainy season begins.

Does the Human Brain React to Earth’s Magnetic Field?

03.20.2019 07:57 AM

The remnants of ancient human migration traits. How does a biological geomagnetic sense work? The Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field, generated by the movement of the planet's liquid core.

This Is How Cathedral Termites Settled In Australia And Built Their 'Empire'

02.23.2017 07:25 AM

If joined together, the mounds made by the cathedral termites will stand fourt times over the worl'd tallest building. A new study claims Australian termites migration was quite similar to humans.

Iceman Mummy Suggests New Clues For Hybrid Bacteria Strain, Migration Pattern

01.13.2016 01:52 AM

A mummified corpse known as the Iceman, otherwise Oetzi, is giving researchers an insight on stomach infection as well as its possible migration route.

The Nonstop Flight Down South—How One Songbird Species Commutes Thousands of Miles Without a Break

04.01.2015 13:02 PM

Think that you’ve got a long commute into the office every morning? Think again. While you may be used to sitting in traffic for hours on end, it turns out that one little songbird’s lengthy migration will put your commute to shame.

The NonStop Flight Down South—How One Songbird Species Commutes Thousands of Miles Without a Break

03.31.2015 22:39 PM

Think that you’ve got a long commute into the office every morning? Think again. While you may be used to sitting in traffic for hours on end, it turns out that one little songbird’s lengthy migration will put your commute to shame.

Revealing the Swimming Secrets of the Ageless, Brainless Jellyfish

01.23.2015 22:17 PM

They may lack brains, bones, and even a heart, but jellyfish are undoubtedly some of the most interesting creatures marine biologists have come to research. Even in spite of their major deficits, and their obvious downfalls, jellyfish have an incredible talent for swimming. So much so that no other creature under the sea can quite compete in terms of efficiency and skills. Though their tactics have long been misunderstood, a new study adds to the working knowledge that these brainless creatures are far more clever than we give them credit for.

Sea Turtles Reveal A Sixth Sense—Finding Their Way Home & Sensing The Seasons

01.15.2015 16:03 PM

As a migratory species, Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochely coriacea) are a rare oddity of nature that spend their lives mostly in travel, between their breeding grounds in open ocean and their tropical places of birth. Travelling back and forth between the tropics and their hunting grounds to the north, the unique species follows the cool waters, as they flow throughout the oceans they inhabit. But that doesn't even begin to unravel their mysterious origins or how they know to traverse the seas.

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