Migration maps help protect the corridors herds need

A new iniative to preserve the migration paths of ungulates like deer and caribou relies on maps of where the herds go and what obstacles they face.

Emily Halnon-Oregon • futurity
May 12, 2021 ~6 min

Loss of wetlands threatens migratory waterbirds

New research indicates that climate change's impact on water cycles threatens migratory waterbirds in Africa and the High Arctic.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
May 4, 2021 ~6 min


‘Thermal corridor’ clarifies loggerhead turtle migration mystery

North Pacific loggerhead turtles make a two-decade-long journey of thousands of miles. A newly-discovered phenomenon may explain how they do it.

Rob Jordan-Stanford • futurity
April 13, 2021 ~9 min

1 western butterfly population has dropped 99.9% since the 1980s

Autumn warming may explain a decline in Western butterfly populations. One species, the western monarch, has declined 99.99% since the 1980s.

Rose Brandt-Arizona • futurity
March 23, 2021 ~10 min

Do stone tools put humans in America 30K years ago?

Researchers say DNA from stone tools from in a Mexican cave suggests humans first arrived in America about 15,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
July 23, 2020 ~5 min

Naked mole rats don’t migrate in response to the moon

Biologists were sure that moonlight prompted naked mole rats to disperse and form new colonies. These experiments disprove that theory.

Marta Wegorzewska-WUSTL • futurity
Feb. 28, 2020 ~5 min

Skulls rewrite pre-Columbus history of people in the Caribbean

New research with skulls upends ideas about who arrived in the Caribbean when. "We're going to have to reinterpret everything we thought we knew."

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Jan. 14, 2020 ~7 min

How the first people got to the Caribbean 5,800 years ago

Research finds that the first Caribbean islanders came straight from South America to the northern Caribbean, initially settling Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.

Kristin Strommer-Oregon • futurity
Jan. 7, 2020 ~3 min


Artifacts hint at life along WWII escape route in Croatia

Archaeologists are illustrating parallels between the WWII era and today by finding and documenting objects left behind by modern-day refugees in Croatia.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Jan. 6, 2020 ~8 min

Border walls are terrible for global trade

A look at the material consequences of border walls around the world reveals their impact on global trade.

Jack Wang- U. Chicago • futurity
Jan. 2, 2020 ~4 min

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