Monday, February 8, 2010

Migrating Insects Fly In The Fast Lane

A new study sheds light on the flight behaviours that enable insects to undertake long-distance migrations, and highlights the remarkable abilities of these insect migrants. (Credit: iStockphoto/Karel Gallas)

From Science Daily:

Science Daily (Feb. 8, 2010) — A study published in Science, by researchers at Rothamsted Research (an institute of the BBSRC), the Met Office, the Natural Resources Institute, and the Universities of Exeter, Greenwich and York, sheds new light on the flight behaviours that enable insects to undertake long-distance migrations, and highlights the remarkable abilities of these insect migrants.

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