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.

Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...

Animal migration : a context for using new techniques and approaches / Keith A. Hobson and D. Ryan Norris -- An introduction to light stable isotopes for use in terrestrial animal migration studies / ...

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 ...

Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a study published November 29, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Miengah Abrahams and Emese M.

It’s a crisp autumn morning, and the forest holds a quiet promise of motion overhead. Travelers arrive at a hidden nature preserve and pause, noticing faint shadows moving through the air and hearing ...