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(The Hill) – The forest of Amazonia and the urban canyons of Chicago are dramatically different environments. But in both, bird life has displayed the same mysterious pattern: While all birds are shrinking, small birds are getting smaller, faster, than larger ones, a new study has found. At the same time, in a surprising twist, their wings […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest.

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest.

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest.

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest.

Flight is an energy-intensive activity, and smaller birds have less fat and muscle to power themselves in the air.

Flight is an energy-intensive activity, and smaller birds have less fat and muscle to power themselves in the air.

Smaller birds are evolving faster than their larger counterparts, which may be key to predict species' ability to adapt to climate change.

The drive for birds to migrate is at least partially genetic. How those genes developed—and how they function in modern birds—isn't fully known.

Loop Lifestyle RJ Jones (c), of Southfield, and his wife Cheryl Jones have their cameras ready while standing with others along the roadway along the Koch Warner Drain on Saline-Milan Road in Saline, Michigan while trying to get a photo of a roseate Spoonbill that has been hanging out in the waterway. The bird typically lives in the Gulf Coast region. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via AP) Bird lovers with cameras and binoculars are travelling to a stream in southeastern Michigan to see a rare...