Millions of creatures spend their lives on the move, migrating from one part of the Earth to another with navigation skills we can only dream of. How do they do it and what can we learn from them?
Research reveals the secret sites where America's migrating songbirds stop to rest and refuel phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>Every year, billions of birds migrate thousands of miles from their summer breeding ranges to their warmer wintering ranges and back. However, the question of where these birds stop to rest and refuel along the way has long stumped ornithologists. Princeton Ph.D. student Fengyi Guo and her colleagues from Princeton and the University of Delaware address this question in a newly published <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01583-X">paper</a> by using weather radar imagery to map the birds’ migratory stopover sites in North America. </p>