Every year, gray whales embark on one of nature’s most epic migration journeys. Here’s what we know about it, according to ...

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 ...

I looked up on the last day of July at the sound of purple martins, and instead of a swirling flock of feeding birds, I saw a line of the giant swallows flying south toward their winter home, perhaps ...

Seasonal migration is ubiquitous in animals, and yet its underlying cause(s) remain poorly known. Species exhibiting shortdistance altitudinal migration and intraspecific variation in migratory ...

One of my favorite sights is when geese fly south in a “V” formation. I think it’s amazing to see birds fly together like that. I talked about why birds migrate with my friend Heather Watts. She’s a ...

When people think of migration, they often think of the animals in the world that travel huge distances. Some of these migrations are amazing. They involve thousands or millions of animals and are ...

Utah’s migrating hoofed mammals — like mule deer, elk and pronghorns— are responsible for millions in hunting revenue and crucial ecosystem development. In about one week in January, the Utah Division ...

A lone wildebeest gazes at an approaching storm near Ereyiet Oltome village, on the eastern edge of Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Maasai Mara. It seems startled by our vehicle as Simon Nkoitoi, senior ...