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How Do Birds Handle the Heat?

From scorching deserts to freezing oceans, birds around the world have developed incredible methods for regulating their body temperatures.

An aerial photo of two horseshoe crabs on the sand in shallow tidal waters

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A male Guam kingfisher bird wearing a transmitter on its back is held gently in an animal keeper's gloved hand

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Guam rail bird with stocky body, striped chest feathers and stripes on its head walks through grass

Conserving the Last of Guam’s Avifauna: The Recovery of the Guam Rail

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