Keep on Moving

The Great Animal Migrations Large and Small
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-96704-790-5
Verlag: Gestalten

Buch, Englisch, 72 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 243 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Begleite die faszinierendsten Tiere der Welt auf ihren unglaublichen Reisen und erlebe die Geheimnisse der Tierwanderung!
Von Buckelwalen, die jedes Jahr Tausende Kilometer von der Antarktis nach Costa-Rica zurücklegen, bis hin zu Libellen, die den Indischen Ozean ohne Pause überqueren – Immer unterwegs nimmt junge Leserinnen und Leser mit auf die erstaunlichsten Wanderungen der Tiere. Basierend auf den neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen verbindet das Buch faszinierende Fakten mit eindrucksvollen Beobachtungen und erzählt von einzigartigen Tierarten auf unserem Planeten und ihren erstaunlichen Reisen. Dabei vermittelt es anschaulich, wie Nahrungsketten, Lebensräume und Lebenszyklen zusammenhängen – und macht die Welt der Migration lebendig und greifbar.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forster, Sara

Forster, Olivia

Christoph, Friederike

Gestalten, Little

Weitere Mitwirkende

Po, Terri

Inhaltsverzeichnis

4 – 5 What Is Migration?
6 – 7 The Need to Feed and Breed
Why do animals migrate?
8 – 9 Searching for Greener Pastures
BURCHELL’S ZEBRA, BOTSWANA
10 – 11 Hungry Herbivores
WILDEBEEST, KENYA AND TANZANIA
12 – 13 Animal Instinct
How animals know to navigate
14 – 15 Home Is Where Your Magnetic Heart Is
OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES, EAST COAST OF INDIA
16 – 17 March of the Crabs
RED CRABS, CHRISTMAS ISLAND
18 – 19 Mom and Dad Know Best
Learning to find their way
20 – 21 In Need of a Helping Hand
NORTHERN BALD IBIS, EUROPE
22 – 23 The Gardeners of Africa
STRAW-COLORED FRUIT BATS, ZAMBIA
24 – 25 Shaping Streams
PACIFIC SALMON, ALASKA
26 – 27 An Underwater Highway
The Cocos-Galápagos swimway
28 – 29 Ready, Set, Go
Travel preparations
30 – 31 A Feast to Last Half the Year
HUMPBACK WHALE, ANTARCTICA
32 – 33 Small but Mighty
Small-scale migrations
34 – 35 Up and Down
KRILL, ANTARCTICA
36 – 37 Better Together
Migration formations
38 – 39 Month by Month
Migratory birds in the U.K.
40 – 41 Birds Know No Borders
Flyways around the world
42 – 43 On the Wing
AMUR FALCONS, CHINA AND SOUTHEAST AFRICA
44 – 45 The Wandering Dragonfly
GLOBE SKIMMERS, INDIA AND EAST AFRICA
46 – 47 Keeping Track
Tagging animals
48 – 49 Thinking Outside the Box
Other ways to study migration
50 – 51 The Great Butterfly Relay
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, NORTH AMERICA
52 – 53 Corridors and Crossings
54 – 55 Springtime Swarms
Karpaz Peninsula, Cyprus
56 – 57 Plants and Seeds
58 – 59 Why Does Migration Matter?
60 – 61 How Are Scientists Helping Migrating Animals?
62 – 63 You Can Help Too!
64 – 65 What does that mean?

Über Autor(innen)

Po, Terri
Terri Po is an illustrator who grew up in Hong Kong, graduated from Edinburgh University and now lives and works in the British countryside. She creates editorial illustrations, infographics and beautiful children's books.

Forster, Olivia
Olivia Forster is a zoologist specializing in biodiversity and conservation. She has spent time studying migratory bird and insect behavior and the importance of wildlife corridors in Kenya. She is an ambassador for Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Foundation and is based in the Maldives, where she is working to address the challenges faced by Olive Ridley sea turtles as they migrate.

Forster, Sara
Sara Forster is a writer and editor based in West Sussex. She spent much of her childhood in the Middle East and South Africa, where she developed a love of wildlife from an early age. She now spends her time researching and writing about all kinds of subjects for children from her home in the country with her dog Mouse and cat Mog.