Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop ...

Natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires have dramatically altered animal migration patterns, forcing ...

Animals all around the world move from place to place each year in discovery of warmer weather, greater access to food, to ...

This story appears in the November 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Animal migration is a phenomenon far grander and more patterned than animal movement. It represents collective travel ...

Migration is one of nature’s most remarkable phenomena. Every year, countless species of animals set out on incredible ...

The findings challenge previous assumptions about butterfly migration and highlight the role of phenotypic plasticity.

U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective memories. Caribou are the most abundant large mammal species on land ...

Tracking migrating individuals over large distances is one of the challenges in studying animal migration. Using radar has allowed researchers to examine migration altitude, speed, and wing beat ...

The arctic tern may look small and delicate, but these magnificent sea birds migrate further than any other animal on the planet ... fish in the world. Their migration routes remain a bit of ...

Space weather refers to environmental conditions in space influenced by the Sun and the solar wind. This phenomenon includes ...

Across land, sea, and sky, animals undertake incredible journeys each year, traveling thousands of kilometers in search of food, breeding grounds, or more favorable climates. While ... Continue Readin ...