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On Calif. Coast, Great Whites Lurk Closer Than You Think

Turns out they winter off beaches, in 'Frisco Bay

Nov 4, 09 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The great white shark population in the eastern Pacific Ocean has a more regimented migratory schedule than previously thought—and one which brings the predators much closer to shore than was previously believed. Researchers in California tracked 179 great whites over 10 years, using acoustic tags and satellite info. Rather... More »

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California • San Francisco • shark • Pacific Ocean • migration • Hawaii • scientific study • great white shark • coastal waters

(Newser) - The collapse of the Celtic Tiger is prompting another mass exodus from Ireland's rural west, the Wall Street Journal reports, with young workers once again abandoning their hometowns for London or the US. After a rare decade in which emigrants were flooding back to the island, as many as 40,... More »

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migration • recession • Ireland • Irish diaspora • Celtic Tiger

ANALYSIS

 Recession Cools 
 Worldwide Migration 


Jun 6, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facing a tough job market, immigrants are returning home around the world, reversing historic migration patterns and giving up on income that once fed their families, the Wall Street Journal reports. With construction workers going back to Mexico and domestic servants to the Philippines, wealthy nations are also bound... More »

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immigration • migrant workers • migration • recession • migrant labor • Third World • wealthy • poor countries

Cuba Open to US Talks on Migration, Mail

Signals cooperation
on counterterrorism, drugs, emergency aid

May 31, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuba today said it's ready to restart talks with the US on migration and postal services, the New York Times reports. An American official confirms, meanwhile, that the island nation will also work with the United States on issues including terrorism, drugs, and disaster relief. The development marks another step... More »

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Barack Obama • terrorism • drugs • Cuba • migration • United States • negotiations • postal • disaster relief

(Newser) - Reaching out to an old foe and risking political turbulence at home, the Obama administration today scheduled meetings with Cuba on migration between the two nations, the New York Times reports. Officials made the move as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton resisted pressure from Latin American countries seeking a stronger... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • migration • Organization of American States

(Newser) - The recession hasn’t done anything to stem the tide of young people pouring into places like Portland, Austin, and Seattle, the Wall Street Journal reports, and that’s straining those cities’ job markets. If anything, hipsters who’ve lost jobs elsewhere are more likely to set out for... More »

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migration • Austin • unemployment • youth • Seattle • Portland • hip

 World Economy Cuts 
 Mexican Migration by 50% 

Fewer citizens are immigrating, but emigrants aren't returning

Feb 20, 09 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Who needs a border fence when you have a shaky economy? That seems to be the message of Mexico's latest migration numbers, which show net emigration down by more than half for the year that ended in August 2008, compared with the previous 12 months. And the cause isn't more... More »

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immigration • Mexico • migration • emigration • job • economic downturn

(Newser) - Researchers have tracked the migratory paths of songbirds for the first time, using small data-gathering “backpacks,” the Washington Post reports. The avian wanderers, who are so small they cannot be tagged with transmitters, move about 3 times as a fast as previously thought. The recovered data shows... More »

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Brazil • birds • migration • United States • scientific study • songbird • electronic device


 BBC Film 
 Crew Captures 
 'Arctic Unicorns' 

Elusive narwhals tracked on icy migration

Feb 10, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A BBC crew has captured on film a hauntingly majestic pod of narwhals, their unicorn-like tusks slicing through Arctic waters. It's believed to be the first such film of the mysterious, elusive mammals, reports the BBC. The aerial team spotted the animals last summer as they negotiated their way through... More »

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global warming • migration • Arctic • mammals • Arctic Sea • narwhal

Ecuador Chases Citizens Off Galapagos to Save Islands

UN says too many people on islands is destroying animal habitats

Oct 8, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ecuador is forcing those without permission to live in the Galapagos to leave, over fears that a growing human population threatens the species that make the islands unique. Even Ecuadorean citizens need special visas to visit the Galapagos, but thousands of mainland migrants have been staying illegally, drawn by high... More »

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endangered species • pollution • tourism • migration • Ecuador • biodiversity • Galapagos Islands

 Forget Snakes: 
 Penguins Get Their Plane Ride 

Flightless birds fly home with a little help from Brazil

Oct 7, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wayward penguins marooned on Brazil's beaches got a one-way ticket home over the weekend, but ferrying hundreds of birds 2,000 miles is no simple feat, explains Nina Shen Rastogi in Slate. After being fed and tagged, 399 Magellanic penguins were crated and loaded aboard an Air Force plane... More »

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climate change • Brazil • beach • migration • penguin • airlift

 Baffled Brazilians 
 Rescue Wayward 
 Penguins 

Country's beachgoers grapple with invasion of cute birds from Argentina

Oct 3, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every year a few Magellanic penguins, native to southern Argentina, accidentally make the 2,000-mile trip to the beaches of Brazil. But this year the influx is looking less like a wayward few and more like an invasion, with sunny beaches overrun by more than 1,000 exhausted and starved... More »

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climate change • Brazil • beach • migration • penguin

analysis

 It May Be 'Mayday!' 
  for Commercial Aviation 

Fuel prices, environmental concerns could make that cheap seat a luxury

Aug 13, 08 9:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The end of cheap oil means it’s “springtime for gloomy futurists,” Bradford Plumer writes in the New Republic, but we’re not headed for a Mad Max scenario just yet—unless you like cheap seats on airplanes. Jet fuel is approaching twice the price... More »

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oil • airline industry • migration • air travel • predicting the future • airplane

 8 Signs the Animal
 Kingdom Is in Trouble 

On land, at sea, and in sky, planet's woes threaten inhabitants

Jul 21, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Biologists have mounting evidence that human activity is causing real damage to the natural world. LiveScience lists overlooked indications that things are seriously out of whack.
  1. Earlier migration: Several bird species are getting their timing wrong.
  2. Jellyfish rule: The creatures are hitching rides on ships.
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pollution • global warming • migration • penguin • scientist • jellyfish • animal • reptiles

 'Magnet Molecule'
 May Guide Bird Migration 

Inner compass guides journeys, researchers believe

May 5, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Migrating birds may rely on a special molecule discovered in their eyes that allows them to  perceive the Earth’s magnetic field lines as a kind of road map, new research shows. The molecule may help birds navigate much the same way humans follow lines to stay on a highway... More »

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birds • migration • chemistry • Journal Nature • magnetic field • scientific research

Cougar's Long Trek to Chicago May Tell Tale

Cat likely from SD may yield clues about human overpopulation

May 1, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cougar shot April 14 in Chicago was spotted earlier in Wisconsin, DNA tests show, suggesting an epic trek. Now, scientists are eager to study the animal, hoping to learn more about how and why it migrated; they aim to pin down its ancestry in an effort to better understand... More »

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Wisconsin • Chicago • science • migration • South Dakota • biology • overpopulation • human population • cougar

Shining Sun Belt Beckons to Rust Belt's Weary

Southern populations, particularly in Texas, continue to explode

Mar 27, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans are continuing to flock to the Sun Belt, reports the AP. Almost all of the 50 fastest-growing metro areas in 2006 and 2007 were in the South and West, and four of the top 10 were in Texas. None were in the Northeast. Experts say the Sun Belt's strong... More »

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Texas • Atlanta • Southwest • Arizona • housing market • Detroit • Dallas • migration • population • cities • Sun Belt • Rust Belt

55M Monarchs Can't Be Wrong

Internal clock of 1-ounce butterfly
sheds light on
human sense of time

Feb 11, 08 4:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The 1-ounce monarch butterfly may have a thing or two to teach us: Each year, some 55 million monarchs make a 4,000-mile multigenerational journey from Canada to Mexico, returning to the same forest, often the same tree, without relying on GPS. How? The insects rely on a unique internal... More »

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migration • genes • insects • monarch butterflies • butterflies • biological clock

Mexican Aid to Protect Monarchs

Calderon promises funds to stem illegal logging in butterflies' habitat

Nov 26, 07 6:10 AM CST
(Newser) - The famous migrating monarch butterflies have a new ally in Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who yesterday said he would devote $4.6 million more to the central Mexican reserve where the butterflies hibernate—and crack down on the illegal logging that threatens the insects' habitat. Calderon hopes the measure will... More »

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endangered species • global warming • Mexico • tourism • Felipe Calderon • migration • monarch butterflies • butterflies

Montana's Terror Economy

Aug 5, 07 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Out-migration has devastated the small towns of Montana, novelist Deirdre McNamer writes in an op-ed in today's Times. Salvation has come in the improbable form of Operation Noble Mustang. The US government program uses prisoners to train wild horses from federal land holdings for use by border guards patrolling for... More »

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terrorism • Montana • homeland security • migration • horse • US economy

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