Tracking Animals on the Move

Tracking animal migration patterns has important scientific implications. Such monitoring helps predict responses to changes in climate and land use. It also assists with disease control if migrating animals carry infection. However, monitoring these movements over long distances and across time presents a challenge. To meet these challenges, a team of scientists with the Migration Interest Group: Research Applied Toward Education (MIGRATE) network has developed inexpensive technologies and training programs so that a broad cross section of international scientists can follow highly mobile animals.”