For years, scientists monitored the movements of an eagle equipped with a GPS tracker. The project was expected to provide valuable information about migration habits and seasonal travel routes. Instead, it raised more questions than answers.
Flora & Fauna
Rather than following predictable paths between breeding and feeding grounds, the bird repeatedly traveled across deserts, mountains, forests, and coastlines in unusual directions. Sometimes it doubled back hundreds of miles. Other times it paused in locations that seemed to have no obvious ecological importance.
At first, researchers suspected errors
