Bird flu outbreak spreads across West African migratory route
An avian influenza outbreak has been detected in the West African nations of Senegal and The Gambia.
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News tagged with migratory routes
How satellite collars are paving the way for smarter saiga antelope conservation
"It is hard now to even imagine how we could protect saiga without the use of satellite telemetry," says Albert Salemgareyev from the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), in-country partner ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2021
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Researchers offer new insights on bird migration
During their seasonal migration, birds typically travel between breeding and non-breeding grounds along migratory routes grouped into major flyways, such as the Indo-European flyway between Europe and the Indian subcontinent. ...
Ecology
Mar 3, 2021
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Birds can 'read' the Earth's magnetic signature well enough to get back on course
Birdwatchers get very excited when a 'rare' migratory bird makes landfall having been blown off-course and flown beyond its normal range. But these are rare for a reason; most birds that have made the journey before are able ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2021
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Satellite tracking supports whale survival
Extensive satellite tracking has revealed important new knowledge about the little known pygmy blue whale population of Southern Australia.
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2020
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Seafood helped prehistoric people migrate out of Africa, study reveals
Prehistoric pioneers could have relied on shellfish to sustain them as they followed migratory routes out of Africa during times of drought, a new study suggests.
Archaeology
Jun 16, 2020
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Humpback whales change their tune
New research led by the University of St Andrews reveals that humpback whales can learn new songs while navigating a shared migratory route.
Plants & Animals
Sep 4, 2019
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Migrating mule deer don't need directions: study
How do big-game animals know where to migrate across hundreds of miles of vast Wyoming landscapes year after year?
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2019
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Red-neck phalarope: a migratory divide towards the Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Sea
When winter comes, populations of red-neck phalarope from the Western Palearctic migrate to two different destinations -the Pacific Ocean or the Arabian Sea- following an exceptional migratory divide strategy which has never ...
Ecology
Apr 26, 2019
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Chicago tops list of most dangerous cities for migrating birds
An estimated 600 million birds die from building collisions every year in the U.S., and research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology offers one explanation for it.
Ecology
Apr 1, 2019
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