Michigan's native birds are arriving for the summer from near and far, but you might not notice as many travel at night. "The movements are massive," said Andrew Farnsworth, a migration ecologist at ...

A recent study examined how tropical weather patterns affect bird migrations, and according to EurekAlert, the results were surprising. A University of Chicago study used new radar technology to ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Billions of birds are on the move this fall as migration season reaches its peak across North America. From tiny songbirds to larger waterfowl, the journey south is one of ...

One summer night three years ago, a chimney swift flitted over the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, where a scraggly-looking antenna sensed a radio frequency pulse given off by a transmitter no ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources participates in a global network that uses small tags and antenna receivers to track migratory patterns of birds, bats and insects, and it has recorded 607 ...

On many evenings during spring and fall migration, tens of millions of birds take flight at sunset and pass over our heads, unseen in the night sky. Though these flights have been recorded for decades ...

Thousands of birds are expected to take to the skies in coming nights, triggering a migration alert in the Chicago area. According to Birdcast, a website dedicated to tracking migrating birds and ...

Pickering Creek Audubon Center has installed a MOTUS Wildlife Tracking System at the center as a collaborative effort to help ...

Cooler temperatures this week are giving Michiganders a break from air conditioning and a chance to pull out their fall sweatshirts. For birds, it’s migration time — with more than 3.6 million birds ...

A wood thrush gets ready to sing from a high perch at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City. (Brandon Caswell/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...