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A study of moles reveals that cold weather—not lack of food—drives the rare phenomenon of reversible brain shrinkage in mammals more

By flying with hawkmoths during migration, scientists reveal the insects employ sophisticated flight strategies similar to vertebrates
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Animals likely rely on social factors to guide migration, suggests a new research synthesis from Konstanz, bringing together research from 100 scientific publications more

System lets conservationists analyze animal tracking data quickly and easily for rapid protection of wildlife more

The Eurasian-African Bird Migration Atlas sets a milestone for more effective implementation of conservation measures more

Why a young scientist is on the search for Optimal Movement Theory more

A pair of GPS studies brings clarity to a burning climate question: can wind turbines and migrating birds coexist? more

By scaling up space-based tracking, an “internet of animals” can help us measure and mitigate change on the planet more

Greystone Books, Piper Verlag, and Scribe Publications announce nonfiction book by Martin Wikelski, the founder of ICARUS more

The Movebank ecosystem of tools offers a one-stop-shop solution to storing, sharing, and making sense of the deluge of data generated by the animal tracking revolution more

Walter Jetz and Martin Wikelski explain in an interview why species conservation receives less attention than climate protection more

Migrating birds choose routes with the best wind and uplift conditions, helping them to fly nonstop for hundreds of kilometers over the sea. more

At a ceremony in Radolfzell, Science Minister Theresia Bauer presented the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the director of the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior. more

Scientists and bird conservationists call for a national rescue plan to stem the dramatic decline in breeding birds more

Smell leads storks to freshly mown meadows more

Largest study of its kind reveals the way relative brain size of mammals changed over the last 150 million years more