Global movement patterns of migratory birds illustrate their fascinating physical and
physiological abilities to cross continents and oceans. During their voyages, most birds land …

Genetic predisposition to obesity presents a paradox: how do genetic variants with a
detrimental impact on human health persist through evolutionary time? Numerous …

We describe a new collaborative network, the Motus Wildlife Tracking System (Motus;
https://motus. org), which is an international network of researchers using coordinated …

Approximately two thirds of migratory songbirds in eastern North America negotiate the Gulf
of Mexico (GOM), where inclement weather coupled with no refueling or resting …

Places where migrant birds stop to rest, drink, and eat at are often described as either
stopover or staging sites. Attempts have been made to differentiate between these two terms …

Seasonal bird migration may provide energy benefits associated with moving to areas with
less physiologically challenging climates or increased food availability, but migratory …

Endogenous programs that regulate annual cycles have been shown for many taxa,
including protists, arthropods, fish, mammals and birds. In migration biology, these programs …

Migratory birds regularly perform impressive long-distance flights, which are timed relative to
the anticipated environmental resources at destination areas that can be several thousand …

Migratory birds rely on a habitat network along their migration routes by temporarily
occupying stopover sites between breeding and non‐breeding grounds. Removal or …

Many species of birds and bats undertake seasonal migrations between breeding and over-
wintering sites. En-route, migrants alternate periods of flight with time spent at stopover–the …