From a pink dolphin slinking through the Amazon's waters to the sight of monarch butterflies filling the skies of Mexico, ...

Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop ...

(Arterra Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo) Migration can happen around the world at any time. But it's most common for animals to migrate when the seasons and weather conditions change.

Migration is one of the most fascinating behaviors in the animal kingdom, and birds are among its greatest travelers. Many species cover thousands of miles each year in search of food, warmth, and ...

Aa Aa Aa Many animals migrate, and the distance they cover ranges from a few centimeters to thousands of kilometers; some may even cross the entire globe (Dingle 1996). Tracking migrating ...

The winter months bring in colder weather in Arizona and, with it, a wave of animals that migrate through the Copper State. The snow and cold temperatures in places near Flagstaff and Pinetop ...

As temperatures get colder and the nights get longer, the natural world around us goes through many changes, both seen and ...

This story appears in the November 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Animal migration is a phenomenon far grander and more patterned than animal movement. It represents collective travel ...

More than 40 years ago, many of the world's nations signed an agreement to protect the world's migrating species, known as the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ...

(Arterra Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo) Migration can happen around the world at any time. But it's most common for animals to migrate when the seasons and weather conditions change.