Animal Migration Facts
Migratory Facts Why do animals migrate? Animals migrate in order to move to more favorable living conditions. Many types of animals migrate. This includes birds, mammals, and even insects. Some animals migrate great distances and other migrate only a short distance. The northern wheatear migrates 9000 miles both ways during their migration. Caribous hold the record for largest migration. Each year over 3 million caribous migrate across the tundra.