The arctic tern may look small and delicate ... The basking shark is the second largest fish in the world. Their migration routes remain a bit of a mystery. They can be spotted off the coast ...

The bar-tailed godwit holds the record for nonstop flights at approximately 7,500 miles, while Arctic terns migrate about ...

Animal migration is a phenomenon far grander and ... undeterred by challenges that would turn other animals aside. An arctic tern on its way from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, for instance, will ...

The new entries include the Arctic tern, known for its incredible migration, the great skua, or pirate of the sea, and two types of gull. The UK is known for its colonies of seabirds nesting in ...

Arctic Tern The Arctic tern is a unique bird and is famous for its incredible migration, flying up to 44,000 miles every year. This beautiful bird travels from the Arctic, where it breeds in the ...

This is the longest migration by land of any mammal on Earth ... At the top of the list is the arctic tern. It has been recorded migrating over 44,000 miles, flying from the Arctic to Antarctica.

The Arctic tern, for instance, spends summer in the UK, then flies to the Antarctic for the winter. Yet, scientists are still unsure exactly how birds perform such extreme feats of migration ...