To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

Blue waxbill (Blousysie) (Uraeginthus angolensis) near Satara in the Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa. Boshoff Steenekamp Getty Images Plus Humans are not the only species negatively ...

Few animals attract attention quite like birds. Some impress through remarkable migrations or unusual behaviour, while others ...

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as amphibians, reptiles ...

Gouldian finches, endemic to northern Australia, are among the tropical birds that may be vulnerable to extreme heat. Darren Sutherland via Getty Images A recent study has found that extreme heat ...

Human-driven climate change threatens many species, including birds. Most studies on this topic focus on long-term climate trends, such as gradual rises in average temperatures or shifts in rainfall ...