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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

‘Astonishing journeys’: online tool tracking migratory animals highlights challenge of protecting them

The Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean interactive online tool lets people visualise tracking studies of more than 100 species, including the Arctic tern.
The Mico online tool lets people visualise tracking studies of more than 100 species, including the Arctic tern. Illustration: Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean/Mico

Off the east coast of Florida, female loggerhead turtles swim more than 1,000km north, hugging the edge of the continental shelf to get to feeding grounds.

Humpback whales move through Moreton Bay off the Brisbane coast in Australia, on their way to feed around the Balleny Islands more than 4,000km away off the Antarctic coastline, where wandering albatross circle above, travelling 1,000km a day.

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