Monarch Watch (Habitat 🌄)

Monarch Watch is a volunteer-based citizen science organization that tracks the fall migration of the monarch butterfly. It is self-described as "a nonprofit education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migratio...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Watch

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Wildlife corridor (Habitat 🌄)

A wildlife corridor, also known as a habitat corridor, or green corridor, is a designated area that connects wildlife populations that have been separated by human activities or structures, such as development, roads, or land clearings. These corridors enable movement of individuals between populations, which helps to prev...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_corridor

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Vagrancy (biology) (Phytogeography 🌱)

Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal appears well outside its normal range; they are known as vagrants. The term accidental is sometimes also used. There are a number of poorly understood factors which might cause an animal to become a vagrant, including internal causes such as n...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_(biology)

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Flying canine adventure

Laika was a Soviet stray dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft capsule on November 3, 1957.

In the 21st century Australia provides air transportation for "the first pets to travel inside the passenger cabin on a domestic flight."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/pets-on-plane-trial-launches-melbourne-gold-coast/105897770

The EU's top court concluded that pets should be considered luggage, not passengers.
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https://www.dw.com/en/pets-arent-passengers-eu-top-court-finds/a-74387149
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Wolf distribution (Biogeography 🌍)

Wolf distribution is the species distribution of the wolf. Originally, wolves occurred in Eurasia above the 12th parallel north and in North America above the 15th parallel north. However, deliberate human persecution has reduced the species' range to about one-third, because of livestock predation and fear of wol...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_distribution

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Reindeer distribution (Biogeography 🌍)

The reindeer is a widespread and numerous species in the northern Holarctic, being present in both tundra and taiga. Originally, the reindeer was found in Scandinavia, eastern Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and northern China north of the 50th latitude. In North America, it was found in Canada, Alaska, an...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer_distribution

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Studying migration? The Scientific Reports Animal Migration Collection submission deadline has been extended to 31 August 2024. This will likely be the final extension! #Migration #Ornithology #Mammalogy #Entomology #Fisheries #Ichthyology #AnimalMigration

https://nature.com/collections/bfghhegbcg