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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. In recent years, ...

Picture the Amazon. You're thinking lush rainforests teeming with animals, right? It turns out, the Amazon Basin contains other less-famous ecosystems that have been under-studied by biologists for ...

Even ten years after wildfire, numbers of the most vulnerable Amazon bird species still haven't returned to normal levels, say scientists. 'These fires have a long-term impact on the bird communities, ...

A Collared Puffbird of the Amazon rainforest – Copyright AFP ANDY BUCHANAN Even the wildest parts of the Amazon untouched by humanity are being impacted by climate ...

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 forest ...

Birds are a varied group of creatures, but most have similar anatomy, diet, and odor. The exception is the Hoatzin of the Amazon. This unusual avian has claws on its wings, a wheezing call, struggles ...