Scientists examine fall migratory pathways and habits of whimbrels
Friday, September 28, 2012 - 10:03
in Biology & Nature
As they traveled from the east coast of Canada to the northern shore of South America, Akpik, Mackenzie, Pingo and Taglu stunned researchers and the global conservation community by flying some 2,500 miles out to sea, through the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, a migration route that has never before been documented.