Newsletter Extreme heat triggers mass die-offs and stress for wildlife in the West Sweltering baby hawks threw themselves out of nests, and mussels baked to death in their shells as record heat brought crisis to the Pacific Northwest.
Causes www.nationalgeographic.com Invisible menace: Methane flares increasingly scorching birds at U.S. landfills Waste facilities must dispose of methane gas by burning it off—but birds, particularly hawks and owls, are flying into the colorless flames.