We found that desert birds comfortably handled air temperatures exceeding 50°C, without a dramatic increase in their body temperature. They maintained body temperatures below approximately 44.5°C.

Credit: NOAA (KY3) While humans can adapt, Jessica Kindall of Wild Birds Unlimited says birds have challenges when the temperature drops.

Bird populations in the United States are in decline, with the overall population of birds in North America having dropped by 3 billion since the 1970s. And climate change threatens to make the ...

Birds have internal cues to prepare for migration. However, the mechanisms by which external cues, such as temperature, fine-tune birds' migration departure times are unclear.

A new study published in Diversity and Distributions noted old-growth forests, with their diverse tree sizes and species may provide refuge for bird species in population decline resulting from ...

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