Tag Archives: migration
SAHARA, THE CONFUSED SEAL
November 2007 Dealing with wild animals is difficult. This video tells the amusing/sad story of an arctic seal, which was found – very lost – off the coast of Africa, was brought to the UK, fed, then eventually released from … Continue reading
HOMING CROCS!
September 2007 Crocodiles are a problem for people in Australia, so they are regularly moved to less-densely populated areas. Trouble is, they seem to be coming back. This study in PLoS ONE (open access) used satellite tracking to show that some of them … Continue reading
Filed under Reptiles
THE FLIGHT OF THE GODWIT
September 2007 The bar-tailed Godwit flies from Alaska to New Zealand, and back again. One female took just 8 days to fly the 11,500 km, which meant she was flying at around 60 kph…
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS MOBILE SPECIES
November 2006 Future changes in the global climate could have a catastrophic effect on highly mobile or migratory species, warns a UN report here.
Filed under Climate change, Ecology (political), Extinction
