Humans have altered the Earth so much that migratory animals are facing extinction

Of the 1,189 migratory creatures studied, more than one in five are threatened.

Female leatherback turtles are among the world’s most intrepid creatures, making journeys as far as 10,000 miles after nesting to find food in far-away seas. They’ve been known to set off from tropical Southeast Asia up to the cold waters of Alaska, where jellyfish are abundant.

Light pollution is making migration more dangerous for some species as well, particularly birds. At the McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a Chicago building on the shore of Lake Michigan, more than 40,000 dead birds have been recovered since 1978, the report noted, having collided with it after being attracted to the light streaming from its windows.

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