The practice of marking animals with colored bands for identification and tracking in scientific research, or bands of color or material on something.
From 'band' (a strip or loop), with the gerund suffix '-ing,' referring to the action of putting bands on things or the pattern of bands themselves.
Bird banding has revealed incredible migration secrets—scientists have tracked tiny warblers on 6,000-mile journeys using leg bands smaller than a grain of rice!
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