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Webcams Show Polar Bear Migration

Matt Cantor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:27:54 CDT

Every year, hundreds of Canadian polar bears journey to the Hudson Bay to hunt seals—and this year, you can watch it happen. The bears travel through the small Manitoba town of Churchill, where cameras have been set up to allow people all over the world to view the trek,...

NYC Dims Lights for Migrating Birds

Emily Rauhala — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:33:00 CDT

The city that never sleeps will be a little less bright through Nov. 1, as buildings hit the lights to protect migrating birds. An estimated 90,000 birds die each year by slamming into buildings in NYC alone; turning lights off can reduce that number by 83%, according to one...

Global Warming Could Push 6.7M Mexicans to Migrate to US

Guvner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:19:10 CDT

Rising temperatures due to climate change could result in mass migration from Mexico to the US, according to a study. Based on the assumption that climate projections are correct, experts estimate that up to 6.7 million Mexicans could migrate by 2080 as a result of crop failures and reduced...

Wealthy Americans Migrating South: IRS Data

M. Morris — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:32:00 CDT

Wealthy Americans are on the move, largely to the low-income-tax havens of the Sunbelt. A new Forbes analysis of IRS data from 2008 shows Collier County, Fla., at the head of the pack, picking up 15,150 new residents with an average income of $76,161—compared to $26,128...

Seeking Cheaper Land, Amish Go West

M. Morris — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:40:00 CDT

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Westcliffe, Colo., looks like a lot of other Western towns—until you notice the buggy crossing sign and the hitching post outside the supermarket. Amish farmers are seeking out the rural community 3 hours south of Denver, where land is six times cheaper than...

Missing SF Sea Lions Appear in Oregon

Will McCahill — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:34:00 CST

The mystery of San Francisco’s vanishing sea lions looks to have been solved: They went north for the winter, to Oregon. When the stench off Pier 39 disappeared last month, scientists floated any number of theories—even, the BBC reports, that the beasts cleared out ahead of impending earthquake—but...

Birdfeeding Changes Evolution

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:53:47 CST

Darwin never made allowances for birdfeeders, but modern-day scientists have discovered that giving feathered friends a helping hand can have profound evolutionary consequences. Filling up birdfeeders with seeds and suet can convince birds to hang around for the free lunch, rather than take off of their migratory routes, researchers have...

On Calif. Coast, Great Whites Lurk Closer Than You Think

Harry Kimball — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:48:51 CST

The great white shark population in the eastern Pacific Ocean has a more regimented migratory schedule than previously thought—and one which brings the predators much closer to shore than was previously believed. Researchers in California tracked 179 great whites over 10 years, using acoustic tags and satellite info. Rather...

For Boom-to-Bust Ireland, Another Great Migration

Jason Farago — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:40:00 CDT

The collapse of the Celtic Tiger is prompting another mass exodus from Ireland's rural west, the Wall Street Journal reports, with young workers once again abandoning their hometowns for London or the US. After a rare decade in which emigrants were flooding back to the island, as many as 40,...