Most people assume that if a bird's parents migrate south every winter, the chicks will simply follow that same script ...

A new study published in the Journal of Helminthology by researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the ...

A mother humpback whale and calf are seen off the coast of Brazil. Carl De Souza / AFP via Getty Images Every year, humpback whales travel for thousands of miles from the polar regions down to the ...

Every spring, hundreds of thousands of birds leave their winter habitat on Poyang, the largest freshwater lake in China, and fly north over the most densely populated region on Earth to reach their ...

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One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is ...

W hen I was growing up, I used to notice groups of birds with long, slender necks flying in a perfect V-formation high in the sky. These birds were especially noticeable during th ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission guarantees antlerless deer licenses for all residents during the first 21-day round opening June 22, with nonresident sales starting July 13.

Migratory species don’t travel with a passport, but they cross borders all the time. This makes the animals’ conservation a uniquely challenging, international effort. That effort needs a lot of work, ...