Paris, France, June 19, 2026 (AFP) - From birds to fish, how extreme heat causes wildlife to suffer

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2026-06-19

Like humans, wildlife is increasingly vulnerable as climate change fuels longer and more intense heatwaves, disrupting feeding and breeding, and in extreme cases proving fatal. The human toll of heatwaves is well documented but their ecological impacts have received less attention. A study published in March in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution found that three-quarters of land and ocean species assessed were "negatively impacted" during a......

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