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Although water is essential for survival, many desert birds are adapted to exist with very little of it. Black-throated sparrows, found all over the Southwest, go weeks or even months at a time ...
Southwestern desert birds live on the edge but have adapted over time. Now the evidence suggests they are struggling to adapt to rapid climate change.
Desert birds live on the edge. Summer heat can rise to lethal levels above 115 degrees. In drought, an entire year may pass with just an inch of rain.
Bird experts say we don't know much about "background mortality" rates in the desert — the number of birds that might die at project locations even in the absence of solar panels.
In some cases, that meant moving our birds behind the scenes so they, could reduce the exposure to, wild bird population," Living Desert CEO, Allen Monroe said.
There's evidence now that in the desert, the numbers of ravens are going down, probably as a result of the egg-oiling. At this point, when there's an emergency going on, you don't want to be ...
Arizona’s desert birds are in decline, according to a national conservation report tracking long-term bird populations, prompting one conservation group to ask the federal government to take ...
In 2015, the Tatacoa Desert was hit by a catastrophic drought that killed more than 10,000 cows. The painful experience of watching his herd wither and die caused Mr. Perdomo to seek other ways to ...
Birds can learn from others, ... who studied nearly 450 grassy structures built over two years by white-browed sparrow weavers living in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.
The desert sandgrouse has a very particular way of absorbing and transporting water inside its feathers. After studying the birds’ system, engineering researchers at Johns Hopkins University ...