animal migration
Creatures' long journeys
Animal migration is the seasonal movement of animals from one region to another, typically following predictable routes and timing.
Birds fly south for winter, whales travel between feeding and breeding grounds, wildebeest cross African plains following rains.
Migration is driven by food availability, breeding needs, or climate: The monarch butterfly migration spans thousands of miles.
The term extends to any large-scale movement of creatures: the migration of salmon upstream to spawn.
- V formationAngled group flight pattern
- flockingGathering in crowds
- navigationDetermining position and course
- magnetic fieldForce zone around magnets
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
survival instinct · climate change · seasonal variation · monarch · wind patterns · environmental cues · ocean currents · salmon spawning · Serengeti · evolutionary traits · food scarcity · homing · herding · rest stop · reproductive cycles · salmon · long journey · wildebeest
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
- Nature Medianature documentary, nature film, nature show, nature series, nature channel
- seasonal cyclesbloom, blooming, budding, dormancy, emergence
- wildlife cyclesmating season, breeding season, rutting season, spawning season, nesting season
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
- natural wondersnorthern lights, aurora borealis, auroras, rainbows, Great Barrier Reef
animal migrationresidency
State of dwelling somewhere
staying put · sedentary lifestyle · territoriality · permanent residency · permanent residence
animal migrationhibernation
Prolonged winter dormancy
dormancy · torpor · estivation · diapause · hunkering down
animal migrationvagrancy
Offense of rootless wandering
dispersal · nomadism · emigration · colonization · irruption