Sometimes mistaken for a strange-looking mouse with a long, pointed snout, the Asian house shrew is a small, furry animal ...

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

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 ...

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 ...

Migration is a survival mechanism for many species. Animals travel to find food, reproduce, reduce competition, escape predators or escape winter. Whether mammal, bird, fish or insect, a migrating ...

Migration is one of nature's most remarkable behaviors. For generations, many species have followed predictable seasonal routes between breeding, feeding, and wintering grounds. These movements often ...

In late spring, as the days begin to lengthen, the mule deer of central Wyoming begin to “surf” the sagebrush landscape. Their break is found in the low flats where they spend their winters. That’s ...

The animal kingdom is full of extraordinary endurance stories, but few are as astonishing as the migration of the bar-tailed ...

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.

The life-or-death journey made by mule deer during the second-longest big game migration in North America came down to their ability to squeeze through a fence -- a discovery made by scientists using ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In late spring, as the days begin to lengthen, the mule deer of central Wyoming begin ...