Where the Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics

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"Where the Animals Go is beautiful and thrilling a combination of the best in science and exposition and a joy to study cover to cover." Edward O. Wilson University Research Professor Emeritus Harvard University For thousands of years tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites drones camera traps cellphone networks and accelerometers reveal the natural world as never before. Where the Animals Go is the first book to offer a comprehensive data-driven portrait of how creatures like ants otters owls turtles and sharks navigate the world. Based on pioneering research by scientists at the forefront of the animal-tracking revolution James Cheshire and Oliver Ubertis stunning four-color charts and maps tell fascinating stories of animal behavior. These astonishing infographics explain how warblers detect incoming storms using sonic vibrations how baboons make decisions and why storks prefer garbage dumps to wild forage; they follow pythons racing through the Everglades a lovelorn wolf traversing the Alps and humpback whales visiting undersea mountains. Where the Animals Go is a triumph of technology data science and design bringing broad perspective and intimate detail to our understanding of the animal kingdom. 100 color illustrations; 3 gatefolds