How do animals react to a solar eclipse?

How do pets, birds and wildlife respond to a solar eclipse? Now is your chance to find out and to share what you observe! read more

A quick look through the literature indicates that most animals and birds react to a total solar eclipse much like they do to nighttime: for example, bees and ants return to their nests and daytime birds return to their roosts in preparation to sleep; nighttime birds become noisy and active; bats start flying and hunting; mosquitoes start biting; and dairy cattle stop grazing, since they prefer to eat during daylight. read more

Dairy cows have been seen returning to the barn when the sun goes dark during a total solar eclipse. Photograph by Jak Wonderly, National Geographic Creative read more

The total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 will confuse or alarm many species of animals. Here's how different animals will respond read more