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Cheshire, James, author.

Where the animals go : tracking wildlife with technology in 50 maps and graphics / James Cheshire, Oliver Uberti.

First American edition.

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.

174 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

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 Uberti's 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.--Provided by Publisher.

Tracking and trailing -- Technological innovations.

Animals -- Dispersal -- Remote sensing.

Wildlife monitoring -- Remote sensing.

Remote-sensing maps.

Uberti, Oliver, author.

Tracking wildlife with technology in fifty maps and graphics

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: Annie -- Introduction: A new kind of footprint -- [Section] One. The elephant who texted for help ; The zebras migrating once more ; The hyenas and the trophy kills ; How baboons move as one ; The apes observed from above ; The jaguars taking selfies ; The mountain lions trapped by roads ; The fishers sneaking through suburbia ; The wolf who traversed the Alps ; The elk of greater Yellowstone ; The pheasants who walk the Himalayas ; The pythons in the Everglades ; The ants that change jobs -- [Section] Two. The whales we watch on Facebook ; The humpbacks seeking seamounts ; The turtle who swam against the current ; Sharks, turtles, and the landscape of fear ; The sharks pardoned by data ; The seals who map the Southern Ocean ; The otters reclaiming their range ; The crocodiles best left alone ; The plankton that flee the night -- [Section] Three. Birdwatching through a wider lens ; The terns' world record ; The penguins seen from space ; The albatrosses circling Antarctica ; The geese of the Himalayas ; The gulls who crave chips ; The vultures spiraling overhead ; The owls of the frozen lakes ; The storks with unhealthy tastes ; The fruit bats with plenty of juice ; The birds who "never see sunlight" ; The warblers who dodged tornadoes ; How songbirds flock together ; The bees in back gardens -- Epilogue: Where the humans go.

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