The Effects of Solar Eclipses on Animals
This article focuses on the reaction of animals in relation to the total eclipse which is produced when the Moon is just the right distance away from the Earth to block out the Sun, while also being in almost a completely straight line with the Earth and the Sun.
Topics
- Yerkes Regional Primate Research Centre
- Christoph Clavius
- orb-weaving spiders
- long-nosed monkeys (Nasalis larvatus)
- Bekantan
- Mahale Mountains National Park
- wild chimpanzees
- penumbra
- psychological effects
- animal behaviour
- environmental sciences