Arctic terns -- which fly on the longest migrations of any animal on Earth -- may be able to navigate the dangers posed by climate change, new research suggests. Arctic terns -- which fly on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Golden autumn sunlight glints through the sedges and shrubs of the tundra in northern Alaska. Winter is approaching, and soon the ...

With soaring lines washed in luminous colors, Moore (Yoshi and the Ocean) traces a year in the life of the arctic tern—an animal that, back matter suggests, may experience more sunlight than any other ...

Michael Ellis takes a look at a pair of seabirds that have set remarkable records for long-distance flying. Years ago, on my first pelagic birding trip in the middle of foggy Monterey Bay, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This arctic flyer, despite its unassuming size, migrates ...

Arctic terns came back to Juneau in late April to nest at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Gwen Baluss, a wildlife technician with the U.S. Forest Service, ensures their safety. She said signs ...

When we think about epic migrations, we usually imagine great herds of wildebeest crossing African plains or humpback whales gliding thousands of miles through the oceans. But the most extreme ...

This Arctic tern has been outfitted with a GPS tag in Iceland to track its movements by satellite. This species has the longest migration in the world, traveling from Iceland to Antarctica and back in ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Arctic terns can fly more than 80,000 km (49,700 miles) a year, beating past estimates of the seabirds' record migrations and equivalent to three round trips to the Moon over a ...

Arctic terns – which fly on the longest migrations of any animal on Earth – may be able to navigate the dangers posed by climate change, new research suggests. The birds live in near-perpetual ...