Glimpses of Migration: Deer decisions || A group of migrating mule deer gathers at the edge of the longest water-crossing of their 150-mile migration, deciding if they want to cross at this location. Watch as they circle at the shoreline, drinking and cautiously scanning the water ahead. One doe starts to venture out. For a moment it looks like the group may follow her lead, but something stops them. Maybe it’s the current, the distance, or an unknown scent. She circles back to the shore, with t

WORLD RECORD DEER MIGRATION VISUALIZED IN 3D FOR THE FIRST TIME Our cartography team at the University of Oregon InfoGraphics Lab has created a 3D visualization to show the challenges of that Deer 255 faces in her migration. The animation also reveals how people have acted to conserve the Red Desert to Hoback migration corridor. Here’s the backstory: In 2016, our team of University of Wyoming biologists discovered a record-breaking mule deer in Wyoming. A collared doe migrated from southwest Wyo

YOU’LL BE AMAZED HOW FAR THIS THIS DEER IN WYOMING MIGRATES…FOR SIX YEARS RUNNING Across all of the studies of mule deer migration in Wyoming, one deer migrates further than any other. Her name is Deer 255. Since 2016, the Wyoming Migration Initiative and partners have been following her incredible journeys between Jackson Hole and the deserts of southern Wyoming, and sharing them through 3D animations. This flyover animation shows Deer 255’s spring 2021 journey north to the Tetons. This past sp