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 ...
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Why Do Fish Migrate?

Spawning This is arguably the most important reason why animals migrate. Most freshwater fish species are hatched in small streams or feeder creeks, then return to the big waters of oceans or lakes.
Quick Take Ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate about 2,000 miles annually from North America to the Yucatan Peninsula and back. Up to 70% of juveniles and 40% of adults perish along migration due to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.