Bird populations in the Mojave Desert have collapsed over the last century, and now scientists say they know why: The animals’ bodies can’t cope with the hotter and drier weather brought on by ...

Desert birds, already living at the extremes, are among the first to signal the consequences of a hotter planet. But all of us are living on the edge of a miraculous but eroding margin.

Birds in California’s desert are dying by Tom Egan, Kim Delfino and John Sepulvado, opinion contributors - 01/23/20 5:00 PM ET ...

Some desert birds may be under added stress due to the extreme heat this summer. Death Valley National Park just had its hottest month on record, with an average temperature of 108.1 degrees in July.

For 500 miles, I’d driven south, air conditioner blasting, radio on. When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped out onto the gravel, I was hit all at once by the heat, the quiet, and ...

Last year, UC Berkeley biologists discovered that bird populations in the Mojave Desert had crashed over the past 100 years. The biologists now have evidence that heat stress is a key cause.

BACKGROUND. For three decades, desert nesters were closely managed as the distinct population they are, bringing the population back from three reproducing nests in 1970 — truly the brink of ...

Birds like wild waterfowl and parakeets in Australian Adventure. But the Living Desert says within the next few weeks, the netting will be removed, and several birds will be reintroduced to their ...

High mountain bird communities tend to be poorly studied due to their relative inaccessibility, but are vulnerable to declines and extirpations driven by global warming and habitat change, even in ...