You’ve likely heard of seasonal migration, where certain animals move from one location to another depending on external factors like weather. However, did you know there’s a form of migration that ...

Animals that migrate: Every year, as the days shorten and the temperature drops, billions of animals that migrate embark on one of nature's greatest spectacles: the winter migration. This massive ...

A white stork flies in Germany, where researchers tracked the birds’ migrations and concluded that they incrementally straighten their migration routes to find more direct ways to move between ...

Quick Take Ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate about 2,000 miles annually from North America to the Yucatan Peninsula and back ...

Animals in any environment have many essentials for survival. Two are obvious: food and water. Many don’t consider other essentials that are very much like the needs humans have. Those include cover ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

Every other Friday, NHPR’s Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world. The latest one comes from a follower on Instagram, who asks: “How do birds, whales, and other ...

Animal migration has long fascinated humans, representing some of the most astonishing phenomenon in the natural world. Migration can be defined as the movement of members of a species between ...

If you've always wanted to see animal migrations, some that you should include in your wildlife travel experiences are those involving wildebeest, monarch butterflies, and salmon. Humpback whales ...

The biggest inventory of migratory species to date comes with stark warnings and slivers of hope. The biggest inventory of migratory species to date comes with stark warnings and slivers of hope. is a ...

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 flight ...