![What happens to animals during eclipse? How the solar eclipse will impact plants and animals [Video]](https://energynewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mp_339004_0_13808974092123ccapbeesimgjpeg.jpg)
WASHINGTON — When millions of people look to the skies on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse, scientists will be studying how the phenomenon will affect plant and animal activity on Earth.
The eclipse may last just mere minutes for those in the path of totality, but the effect it has on the natural world will be profound, researchers told ABC News.
MORE | Are you in the path of totality? Total solar eclipse streaks across US on April 8
Are you in the path of totality? See a map of April 8th’s total solar eclipse.
Plants and animals will begin to react in the lead-up to totality as the light begins to dim, said Angela Speck, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
“Once it gets to about 75%, 80% eclipsed, there’s enough sunlight missing that animals will start to react,” she said.
About 20 …
![Nebraska county rejects permit for CO2 pipeline from Iowa [Video]](https://energynewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mp_304648_0_65d6774c65d7cpreviewjpg.jpg)
![Jane Fonda shares non-Hodgkins lymphoma diagnosis Action News Jax [Video]](https://energynewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mp_2309_0_NUSSULULVJG6VLHO5HCVQZTCEMjpg-1200x675.jpg)
![Biden Says U.S. Will Not Participate In Counter-strike Against Iran, Meets With G7 Leaders To Discuss A Diplomatic Response [Video]](https://energynewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mp_349067_0_bidensaysuswillnotparticipateincounterstrikeagainstiranmeetswithg7leaderstodiscussadiplomaticresponsewebp.jpg)
