The use of flying robots (drones) is increasing rapidly, but their utility is limited by high power
demand, low specific energy storage and poor gust tolerance. By contrast, birds …

Modern, high‐throughput animal tracking increasingly yields 'big data'at very fine temporal
scales. At these scales, location error can exceed the animal's step size, leading to mis …

Background Bio-logging devices play a fundamental and indispensable role in movement
ecology studies, particularly in the wild. However, researchers are aware of the influence …

Thermal soaring conditions above the sea have long been assumed absent or too weak for
terrestrial migrating birds, forcing obligate soarers to take long detours and avoid sea …

Thermal soaring, a technique used by birds and gliders to utilize updrafts of hot air, is an
appealing model-problem for studying motion control and how it is learned by animals and …

The energy exchange between the Earth's surface and atmosphere results in a highly
dynamic habitat through which birds move. Thermal uplift is an atmospheric feature which …

During migration, birds are often forced to cross ecological barriers, facing challenges due to
scarcity of resources and suitable habitats. While crossing such barriers, birds are expected …

How to predict animals' heat-avoidance behaviors is critical since behavior stands the first
line for animals dealing with frequent heat events under ongoing climate warming. However …

Spatial memory plays a role in the way animals perceive their environments, resulting in
memory‐informed movement patterns that are observable to ecologists. Develo** …

This paper lays out a hierarchical, appropriate-complexity framework for conceptualizing
movement-path segments at different spatiotemporal scales in a way that facilitates …