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Marc Trevor Freeman, Hot Birds Research Project lab manager and PhD candidate, University of Pretoria

Birds evolve different body temperatures in different climates

Red-billed quelea adult breeding male Linn Currie/Shutterstock

During the northern hemisphere summer of 2022, yet another round of extreme heat waves roasted Eurasia, North America and northern Africa – a stark reminder that these conditions are becoming the new normal.

These events can have a devastating impact on wildlife. For instance, reports of large-scale deaths of birds have become regular in recent years, as we’ve seen in Patagonia, Argentina and Spain.

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