Extreme heat poses grave threat to tropical birds The notion that bird populations are steeply declining is not new – a 2019 study found bird populations in the US and Canada have dropped by 30% since ...

A recent study has found that extreme heat driven by climate change is responsible for up to a 38 percent decline in the abundance of tropical birds, when compared to a theoretical world without ...

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as amphibians, reptiles ...

MANAGEMENT AREA, MIDDLE CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA IS A BEAUTIFUL SPOT, BUT NOT EXACTLY A TROPICAL PARADISE. BUT THEN AGAIN, MAYBE IT IS CERTAINLY NOT A VISITOR. WE’RE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING. THAT ...

James Watson has received funding from the Australian Research Council, National Environmental Science Program, South Australia's Department of Environment and Water, Queensland's Department of ...

Tropical bird populations are crashing as temperatures soar. That’s according to a new study that found abundances of tropical birds were 25-38% lower than they would be without human-driven climate ...

Gouldian finches, endemic to northern Australia, are among the tropical birds that may be vulnerable to extreme heat. Darren Sutherland via Getty Images A recent study has found that extreme heat ...