The Great Migrations
The planet's most epic animal journeys. We follow the great migrations of the wild — pole to pole, across oceans and continents and even across generations — and the astonishing navigation, endurance, and instinct that make them possible.
May 31, 2026
The Red Crab March of Christmas Island
Tens of millions of red crabs pour out of Christmas Island’s rainforest to the sea to spawn, timed to the rains and the moon — one of Earth’s most spectacular mass migrations.
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May 27, 2026
The Sea Turtle’s Long Way Home
From a frantic dash across the sand to a decade of "lost years" at sea, the sea turtle navigates oceans by magnetism — and returns decades later to the very beach it hatched on.
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May 13, 2026
The Dragonfly That Crosses an Ocean
The globe skimmer dragonfly makes the longest insect migration on Earth — a multi-generational round trip of up to 18,000 km across the Indian Ocean, riding monsoon winds.
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May 8, 2026
The Salmon’s Journey Home
Born in a stream, grown in the ocean, the salmon fights back upriver to the exact gravel where it hatched — leaping waterfalls, then dying to feed the forest. Inside the journey home.
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Apr 18, 2026
The Sandhill Crane Gathering
Each spring half a million sandhill cranes descend on Nebraska’s Platte River to roost, refuel and dance — one of North America’s greatest and most ancient wildlife spectacles.
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Apr 11, 2026
The Caribou: North America’s Great Land Migration
Caribou herds travel up to 5,000 km a year across the Arctic — the longest overland migration of any land mammal — chasing food and racing to safe calving grounds.
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Mar 30, 2026
The Great Wildebeest Migration
Over 1.5 million wildebeest circle the Serengeti and Masai Mara, following the rains and braving crocodile-filled rivers — the largest overland animal migration on Earth.
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Mar 5, 2026
The Humpback Whale’s Ocean Migration
Humpback whales migrate up to 8,000 km between polar feeding grounds and tropical nurseries — fasting for months and singing haunting songs. Inside one of the longest mammal migrations.
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Feb 25, 2026
The Monarch Butterfly: A Migration Across Generations
No single monarch finishes the round trip — it takes 3–4 generations north, then a long-lived "super generation" flies 4,000 km back to Mexico. Inside a migration across generations.
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Feb 7, 2026
The European Eel’s Journey to the Sargasso Sea
Born in the Sargasso Sea, the European eel drifts to Europe, lives for decades in rivers, then swims 6,000 km back to spawn once and die — a migration still wrapped in mystery.
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Jan 24, 2026
The Bar-tailed Godwit: The Longest Non-Stop Flight
The bar-tailed godwit flies over 11,000 km across the Pacific without landing, eating, or drinking — the longest non-stop journey of any animal. Inside the record flight.
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Jan 10, 2026
The Arctic Tern: The Longest Migration on Earth
The Arctic tern flies pole to pole every year — up to 90,000 km — to live in endless summer. Inside the longest migration of any animal on Earth.
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Jan 6, 2026
The Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat: The Largest Mammal Migration
Up to 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats pour into one tiny Zambian swamp forest each year — the largest mammal migration on Earth, and a lifeline for Africa’s forests.
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