For Frigate Birds, Staying Aloft for Months is a Breeze (8 of 11) (IMAGE)

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For Frigate Birds, Staying Aloft for Months is a Breeze (8 of 11)

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Young juvenile frigate bird is in flight. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 1, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by H. Weimerskirch at CNRS in Villiers en Bois, France, and colleagues was titled, "Frigate birds track atmospheric conditions over months-long transoceanic flights."

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Aurelien Prudor CEBC CNRS

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