05-19-2022
Yellow-billed hornbills are vanishing as temperatures riseThe climate crisis is threatening the yellow-billed hornbill, a cousin of fan-favorite Zazu from The Lion King, with extinction. Climate change is worsening extremes, such as high temperatures and the frequency and intensity of drought periods associated with arid regions. Animals that inhabit these regions are already suffering the consequences. A team of researchers recently studied the breeding success of southern yellow-billed hornbills by investigating the impacts of high air temperatures and drought from 2008 to 2019. This study, published by Frontiers, is one of the...
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