Sentences with phrase «longest migration»

One of the world's longest migrations of zebras occurs in the African nation of Botswana, but predicting when and where zebras will move has not been possible until now.

MIGRATION Gray whales make an extraordinarily long migration from the Arctic Ocean (northwest of Alaska in the Chukchi Sea) to the Baja peninsula off Mexico, and back each year.

Owing to its extraordinarily long migration on a coastal route that passes close to large human populations, it is probably the most viewed of any large whale.

I'm not sure how long this migration will take, so

Humpback and gray whales make the world's longest migrations up the Pacific Coast.

Most of the great whales have evolved survival strategies that include long migrations, months of fasting, and voracious feasting in very localized areas.

Winter's when the largest mammal on the planet — the gray whale — makes its very long migration from the chilly Arctic to balmy Baja California.

An ecologist who studies biological diversity has argued in Issues that such policy innovations are also needed elsewhere in the world to protect animal species whose long migrations place them in heightened peril.

During this time they have to eat and store enough fat to be able to make a 3,100 mile long migration to their calving grounds.

Starting in July, the tranquil blue waters of the Golfo Dulce in southern Costa Rica will receive the astounding phenomenon of the thousands - of - miles - long migration of Pacific humpback whales.

Asked to name the insect with the longest migration, most people would probably say the monarch butterfly, citing its over -4,000-mile trip from Mexico to Canada.

It's one of the longest migrations of any mammal, a round - trip trek of nearly 12,000 miles every year.

Now, two studies show how some birds do it: Pelicans save energy by flying in formation, while sandpipers fly more efficiently by gorging themselves before long migrations.

Norway's Svalbard archipelago hosts some 150 bird species, including the Arctic tern, which makes the longest migration of any animal (nearly 45,000 miles to the Antarctic and back).

Long migrations could have big consequences for conservation in the face of future climate change, Sandel says.

That 15,000 - kilometer passage, which they make in reverse each spring, counts among the longest migrations in the animal kingdom.

Such conditions have been shown to influence whether females are robust enough to make the long migration to shore and produce hundreds of eggs.

These shorter winters mean the swans — which were hunted to the brink of extinction in the 1800s — now have more time to eat and grow strong before embarking on a long migration to the Pacific Northwest each fall, improving their chances for survival.

The iconic monarch butterfly of North America, famed for its long migrations, is actually a naturally genetically modified butterfly, according to a team in France.

At the dawn of human history, long migrations were not for weaklings.

The greater the number of courses transferred across, the longer the migration process and the more testing and QA required.

His journey is only the beginning of a long migration, across many generations.

Four years later, in the summer of 1874, Anna and Johann Kaufmann and all the families in their congregation piled their remaining possessions into wagons they had borrowed back from the Ukrainian peasants they had sold them to — the first wave of a mass decade - long migration that would bring some eighteen thousand Mennonites from Russia and the Ukraine to America between 1873 and 1883.

In Fortescue, New Jersey, a colony of feral cats was moved away from the shore of Delaware Bay in 2011 to help protect red knots, which stop there in huge numbers to gorge on horseshoe - crab eggs to fuel their long migration from the tip of South America to the Arctic.

This 8,000 - mile round trip is one of the longest migrations of any mammal.

Gray whales have the longest migration route of any mammal and some of these giants swim as much as 20,000 kilometers (12,000 miles) round - trip from their summer stay in BC and Alaskan waters to the warmer waters off the Mexican coast.

This 8,000 - mile round trip is one of the longest migrations of... Keep Reading

Black explained, «Mothers and calves are last to migrate because they stay in Mexico longer so their calves can grow up and gain weight before they make that long migration.»

Our licensed driver / guide had carefully maneuvered the open craft close to the basking gray whales that were here after their long migration from the arctic waters of Alaska.

It's the longest migration of any mammal on Earth.

If you are lucky you may also have the chance to observe up close Humpback whales as they make their long migration to the Galapagos

The longest migration route of any mammal, the gray whales travel nearly 13,000 miles roundtrip each year.

Each year thousands of Gray Whales take part in the great migration of approximately 10,000 km, which is thought to be the longest migration of any mammal.

It's the longest migration of any creature in the world.

Their long migration of about 10,000 miles (16000 km) usually takes about 2 - 3 months.

Gray whales have one of the longest migrations of any mammal.

«Gray whales are well known for performing one of the world's longest migrations, making a yearly round trip of 15,000 - 20,000 km,» says Ms Hodgins.

They hold the record for the longest migration among mammals.

Many of the giant mammals turn up at Hervey Bay from late July and remain until November, when they set off on the long migration to the cold southern ocean far south of Australia.

After traveling from the Bering Sea on the longest migration of any mammal, they give birth to their calves and mate to create future generations.

Sitting on the beachfront you will witness the local pod of dolphins on their daily round and the occasional whale mother and calf using the shelter of Cape Hawke to rest on their long migration.

Almost 2000 seals come here twice a year after completing the longest migration of any marine mammal (12,000 - 14,000 miles!).

Engaging in the longest migration of any mammal, the California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) swims 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) each year, spending about one third of its life migrating from the cold, nutrient - rich waters of Alaska, to the warm, shallow lagoons of Baja California.

The natural world is the counterpoint exhibition, Philodendron: From Pan-Latin Exotic to Modern America, tracking through art the centuries - long migration of plants from the jungle to the contemporary garden and cultural imagery.

Inevitably this is what the first peoples did when they settled here after their long migrations.

In one sentence: tropical temperature gradients are small so that it takes a long migration to cool off if you start near the equator.