Sentences with phrase «not migratory animals»

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Many of the major migrations on Earth, especially on land, have already been lost, he explains, and few landscapes are left on Earth where the migratory animals do not have to share land resources with agriculture and other human activities.

Changes in bloom timing might not be good news for migratory animals, such as gray whales traveling from the Gulf of California to feed in the nutrient - rich waters of the Arctic shelf.

Researchers don't know for sure what this receptor would be, but cryptochrome — a protein known to be involved in some animals» circadian rhythms — has been found in the eyes of several migratory birds and is a prime candidate.

«These animals were brought in alive and do not include those that died or were not found... [This] includes 36 [bird] species, many of which are songbirds or locally rare, sensitive, or migratory species; all are supposed to be protected by law from illegal take.»

Ancient explorers noted that migratory birds and other animals were guided by something powerful but it wasn't until global navigation and earth mapping became possible that scientists could «see» the magnetic fields marking the earth's surface.