Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
    Unavailable
    No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
    Unavailable
    No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
    Ebook319 pages2 hours

    No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations

    By David S. Wilcove

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Animal migration is a magnificsight: a mile-long blanket of cranes rising from a Nebraska river and filling the sky; hundreds of thousands of wildebeests marching across the Serengeti; a blaze of orange as millions of monarch butterflies spread their wings to take flight. Nature’s great migrations have captivated countless spectators, none more so than premier ecologist David S. Wilcove. In No Way Home, his awe is palpable—as are the growing threats to migratory animals.
    We may be witnessing a dying phenomenon among many species. Migration has always been arduous, but today’s travelers face unprecedented dangers. Skyscrapers and cell towers lure birds and bats to untimely deaths, fences and farms block herds of antelope, salmon are caught en route between ocean and river, breeding and wintering grounds are paved over or plowed, and global warming disrupts the synchronized schedules of predators and prey. The result is a dramatic decline in the number of migrants.
    Wilcove guides us on their treacherous journeys, describing the barriers to migration and exploring what compels animals to keep on trekking. He also brings to life the adventures of scientists who study migrants. Often as bold as their subjects, researchers speed wildly along deserted roads to track birds soaring overhead, explore glaciers in search of frozen locusts, and outfit dragonflies with transmitters weighing less than one one-hundredth of an ounce.
    Scientific discoveries and advanced technologies are helping us to understand migrations better, but alone, they won’t stop sea turtles and songbirds from going the way of the bison or passenger pigeon. What’s required is the commitmand cooperation of the far-flung countries migrants cross—long before extinction is a threat. As Wilcove writes, “protecting the abundance of migration is key to protecting the glory of migration.” No Way Home offers powerful inspiration to preserve those glorious journeys.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIsland Press
    Release dateSep 26, 2012
    ISBN9781597263771
    Unavailable
    No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations

    Related to No Way Home

    Related ebooks

    Nature For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Great animal Migrations

      Nov 23, 2023

      Great animal Migrations
      3 min read

    • Article

      Crowdscience

      Jul 6, 2022

      Crowdscience
      1 min read

    • Article

      Spring Bird Migration

      Mar 11, 2023

      Bats and birds are their specialties, but wildlife biologists Selena Birgit Kiser and Mark Kiser love all species of critters. Both have worked for the State of Florida and previously worked for Bat Conservation International on such programs as the

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Great Migration

      Nov 30, 2023

      The Great Migration
      2 min read

    • Article

      Close To The Edge

      Feb 29, 2024

      Braced against the rolling of the boat, I sipped scalding tea from the mug cradled in my cold hands and watched the misty blue hills of Scotland materialise ahead. Wandering Albatross, our 43ft steel cutter, raced ahead of a brisk west wind. Restless

      6 min read

    • Article

      Rescue At Sea

      Oct 9, 2021

      Rescue At Sea
      10 min read

    • Article

      Flight Of The Red Knot

      May 3, 2020

      Flight Of The Red Knot
      10 min read

    • Article

      DANCE Of The RED KNOT

      Apr 6, 2019

      DANCE Of The RED KNOT
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Long Way Home

      Dec 18, 2023

      The Long Way Home
      12 min read

    • Article

      Mangrove may Hem

      Nov 18, 2021

      Mangrove may Hem
      6 min read

    • Article

      Call Of The Wild

      Jul 28, 2022

      Call Of The Wild
      12 min read

    • Article

      Turtle Beach

      May 4, 2023

      Turtle Beach
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Evolutionary Pull of Ocean Tides

      Mar 2, 2017

      In winter, the knots come by the thousands to feast on the riches in the intertidal mudflats of the Wash. These medium-size wading birds are rather dull and unprepossessing in appearance, white underneath and sandy on their backs. During the breeding

      12 min read

    • Article

      Treasure Of The Bering Sea

      Jun 4, 2022

      Treasure Of The Bering Sea
      9 min read

    • Article

      Birds, Now More than ever

      Jun 6, 2020

      Birds, Now More than ever
      6 min read

    • Article

      Flight Paths

      Aug 31, 2020

      Flight Paths
      4 min read

    • Article

      All That Glitters

      Aug 26, 2021

      All That Glitters
      6 min read

    • Article

      Field Guide

      Sep 26, 2022

      Field Guide
      5 min read

    • Article

      At Home With The Clan

      May 5, 2022

      At Home With The Clan
      7 min read

    • Article

      FLIGHT of The SPOONBILLS

      Dec 19, 2022

      FLIGHT of The SPOONBILLS
      14 min read

    • Article

      Gentle Giant

      Jul 2, 2020

      Gentle Giant
      6 min read

    • Article

      Beauty And Grace

      Oct 10, 2020

      Beauty And Grace
      4 min read

    Reviews for No Way Home

    4/5

    1 rating1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      I'd never really thought of "animal migration" as an interesting topic, but No Way Home is a neat overview of some of the world's great animal migrations, their histories, routes, reasons and current status. Air, Land and Sea chapters cover everything from Monarch butterflies to American Bison and African Wildebeest to Whales and Salmon. In almost all cases habitat destruction and other human causes have either completely destroyed or severely set back migrations. As Wilcove says, once a migration is gone it is extremely difficult to restore. But it's not a depressing book, some migrations have been brought back from the edge and are healthy today, such as some sea turtles, whales. It suggests the destruction of nature is not a foregone conclusion, it can be saved with the right attention. The chapters on the butterflies and bison stood out from the rest as the most interesting, perhaps because I have been to some of the places. It's great to have these short narrative stories about some of the worlds great migrations.