Articles for tag: arizona hummingbirds, bird behavior in hot climates, Desert ecosystem, hummingbird survival in heat, wildlife of Arizona

Why Arizona’s Hummingbirds Thrive in Heat – 7 Survival Tricks

Suhail Ahmed

By noon in an Arizona July, the desert air can feel like it’s leaning on your shoulders, relentless and shimmering. Yet a blur of emerald and amethyst hums through that furnace as if running on a private breeze. The mystery is real: how do gram‑sized birds keep from overheating where summer days punch past one ...

a couple of foxes laying on top of a rock

Nevada’s Desert Foxes Are Making a Comeback

Suhail Ahmed

  After years of drought and quiet nights in the basins, the desert feels lively again. Conservation crews, tribal biologists, and ranchers are reporting more kit fox tracks on dusty two-tracks and more quick, amber flashes in the beam of survey headlamps. It’s not a fairy-tale rebound, but it’s real enough to stir cautious hope ...