Scientists track nighthawks' migration route in search of clues to species' steep decline
Monday, October 1, 2018 - 09:33
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In a quest to develop conservation strategies to protect a threatened species whose population has declined 80 per cent in the last 50 years, scientists at the University of Alberta have discovered the enigmatic nighthawk travels 20,000 kilometres each year in its annual migration from north of Fort McMurray to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.