Oyamel forests, Mexico
This Butterfly Has Never Been to Mexico. It Flies 4,000 km and Finds the Same Forest Anyway
Monarch migration, several generations apart.
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Episode · Alaska to New Zealand · 11 September 2026
A Bird Flew 13,000 Kilometres Without Landing. Here's How It Survived Eleven Days in the Air
The bar-tailed godwit's non-stop flight across the Pacific.
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¹ In October 2022 a young bar-tailed godwit flew 13,560 km nonstop, Alaska to Tasmania, in 11 days.
Guinness World Records; USGS, 2022
Sources
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A Bird That Never Lands, a Frog That Freezes Solid, a Butterfly That Finds a Forest It's Never Seen
A godwit that flies eleven days without landing, a frog that freezes solid every winter, and a butterfly that finds a forest it has never seen.
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