How nature reacts to a total eclipse

OF ALL OF THE ANIMALS WORTH observing during a total solar eclipse, perhaps none are more intriguing than humans. They stop what they're doing; they stare skyward; they lower their voices to a hush.

- JEFFREY KLUGER

Some may even shed tears. Other species of animals display other kinds of behavioral changes, as the weather and lighting and nature itself seem to turn on their axes. And the total eclipse on April 8, which crosses the U.S. from the southwestern edge of Texas to the northern tip of New England, is no exception.