As for next steps, Stouffer said the team is studying how birds use microhabitats within the forest to avoid hot, dry areas, which is part of lead author Jirinec’s dissertation work. Stouffer hopes ...

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Researchers studying 15,000 birds in the Amazon rainforest found that nearly all of the birds’ bodies have become lighter since the 1980s, losing on average about 2% of their body weight every ...

In the heart of the Amazon, where pristine rainforest remains largely untouched by humans, birds are shrinking. For about four decades, researchers collected and measured 77 species of birds at ...

The results of a study on birds in the Amazon rainforest has shown that birds have gotten physically smaller over the last four decades, and scientists believe that a warming planet may be the ...

Over the last four decades, birds in the Amazon have been shrinking — and scientists believe their smaller bodies may be a response to hotter, drier weather brought by climate change.

This musician wren, known for its distinctive voice, is one of many resident bird species in the Amazon rainforest affected by climate change. Researchers analyzed 77 species spanning the four ...

The behavior, however, has rarely been reported in the Amazon jungle, the biggest tropical rainforest in the world and home to an incredible diversity of animals, including about 1,300 bird ...

Tropical birds deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are shrinking and developing longer wings as they adapt to climate change.. Researchers studied data for 77 tropical bird species over the past ...

Birds in the Amazon rainforest have become smaller and their wings have become longer over several generations, indicating a response to the shifting environmental conditions that may include new ...

Researchers studying 15,000 birds in the Amazon rainforest found that nearly all of the birds’ bodies have become lighter since the 1980s, losing on average about 2% of their body weight every ...