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Increased temperatures make migratory birds late
Animal world

Increased temperatures make migratory birds late

According to scientists, geese, ducks and swans often experience winter in the Northern European wetlands recently changing their migration trend due to rising temperatu…

December 16, 2018
Death gate on the river
Animal world

Death gate on the river

In the annual migrations from Tanzania's Serengeti meadow to Kenya's Masai Mara sanctuary, antelopes and zebras must cross a river full of crocodiles.

December 16, 2018
Are any animals not sleeping well?
Animal world

Are any animals not sleeping well?

The lives of migratory birds are hard. During the long ten thousand kilometers of relentless migration, did they sleep? Probably didn't sleep, they couldn't fly that far.

December 16, 2018
Great migrations
Animal world

Great migrations

Leatherback turtles travel more than 20,000 km to feed, and the Arctic terns often cross the road more than 80,000 km to change their accommodation.

December 16, 2018
Strange photos of winter starlings
Animal world

Strange photos of winter starlings

When winter comes, the sky at Gretna Green on the Scottish border is densely packed with wintering birds and these birds have created unexpectedly funny shapes.

December 16, 2018
Impact of behavioral change on migratory species
Animal world

Impact of behavioral change on migratory species

The herds of wildebeest like the crowded waterfall in the Serengeti field, bison crowded together along the northern plains - these iconic images interfered with the Hol…

December 16, 2018
The bird's migration distance is long
Animal world

The bird's migration distance is long

The migratory bird's route will be longer, according to the first study on the impact of climate change on migratory birds. The migration distance of some species may in…

December 16, 2018
Blue whale reappears
Animal world

Blue whale reappears

Experts say they have detected the kind of sound signal that calls each other of the North Atlantic blue whale in a sea that used to be where whales live.

December 16, 2018
Why do animals migrate?
Animal world

Why do animals migrate?

For the first time, engineers at MIT observed the beginning of a centralized migration event involving hundreds of millions of animals.

December 16, 2018