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Bird flight

ICARUS cosmonaut space station

New ICARUS tracking system helps scientists unlock mysteries of migration

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Information collected from orbiting satellites can tell us a lot about the weather, our changing climate and abundant life on Earth. Thanks to advances in technology, soon we may be able to watch, in real-time, the movements and migration of tiny winged species, including insects.

Bird migration

As the climate changes, migratory birds are losing their way

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Scarlet tanager

Spring’s uncertain arrival poses problems for migrating birds

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Endangered birds survive hurricanes during migration, only to be killed by hunters

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Bird Population on Decline in Britain

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Bird Note-Migrating Geese

As October gets underway, so does the fall migration. Skeins of Canada Geese and their smaller cousins Cackling Geese in their characteristic V formations are now flying south, as BirdNote®’s Michael Stein explains.

Tiger Sharks Dine on Migrating Birds

Oil platform lights distract birds crossing the Gulf of Mexico, who fall exhausted into the sea to become food for tiger sharks.

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Science Note/Bat Aerodynamics

New research shows that the hair on bats’ wings are essential for agile flight.

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Night Flight

It’s not only during the daytime that we can observe the seasonal migration of birds. Commentator Sy Montgomery listens to the voices of migratory birds that can be heard in the night.

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Of Birds & Towers

Living on Earth’s Daniel Grossman investigates the link between migratory birds and radio towers, and how they may impact birds’ flight and health.