Animal Migration Atlas
An interactive 3D atlas of bird, mammal, butterfly, and dragonfly migrations, built from real GBIF observations and rendered with Globe.GL/Three.js.
Animal Migration Atlas
An interactive globe that reveals the seasonal movement of migratory animals through real biodiversity observations.
Capabilities
- Select among monarch butterfly, Arctic tern, humpback whale, and wandering glider.
- Species-aware camera framing that moves to the relevant migration corridor.
- Animated directional arcs connecting consecutive seasonal observation centroids.
- Real GBIF observations bundled for immediate use, with optional live refresh from the public API.
- Timeline playback, observation counts, route stages, and geographic details.
- Three.js/WebGL globe rendered through Globe.GL, with no login, upload, or paid service.
Data Limitations
Routes are an educational synthesis of monthly GBIF occurrence centroids, not tracks from tagged individuals. They reveal broad seasonal distribution changes; sampling effort and data availability vary by species and region.
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