Tag Archives: Ecology (Journal)

In January 2023, scientists attached tracking devices to eight grey plovers on the coast of the Wadden Sea off the Netherlands. The hope was to learn more about the birds’ yearly migration to breeding grounds in the Arctic. And all was going well until late May, when one of the …

It may seem like a hopeless place, but locusts find a way to breed in the scorching heat of the Sahara at midday. The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests. They devour agricultural crops in swarms that number in the billions and stretch …