Migrating animals have for a long time been tracked by recapturing tagged individuals. More recently, radio-telemetry, which requires an observer to physically follow the tagged animal, has been used.

For generations, the movement of animals across Africa on seasonal migrations has been one of the best-known natural phenomena. Each year, thousands of animals move across the landscape, following the ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Field biologists tend to be a patient lot, often resigned to long days and weeks in ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- From Christopher Columbus to Marco Polo, human explorers throughout history have traveled far distances. But some of the world's greatest explorers are in the animal kingdom. NatGeo's new ...

A worldwide sensor network allows for tracking of animals on their journeys. National Geographic’s “Incredible Animal Journeys” follows these great quests. An inside look at the “Incredible Animal ...