Animal Migrations Will Soon Be Tracked From the International Space Station

To track the migration patterns of tagged birds, sea turtles and other animals around the world, scientists must rely on radio receivers that don’t provide a lot of critical information. The animals “leave in one place and we don’t know what happens to them until they show up in another place,” Meg Crofoot, from the University of California, Davis, told The Atlantic. The lack of this information hinders efforts to save threatened species, and can leave people vulnerable to diseases like avian flu and Ebola that are carried by migratory birds and bats. More

(Source: Care2.com - Jul 16)