Arizona’s desert birds are in decline, according to a national conservation report tracking long-term bird populations, prompting one conservation group to ask the federal government to take ...

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: In some of the, well, less stressful corners of social media, you can hear all kinds of bird calls, people sharing recordings of birds that they took with their phones.

Desert birds, already living at the extremes, are among the first to signal the consequences of a hotter planet. But all of us are living on the edge of a miraculous but eroding margin.

Inspired Life This pay phone is free, but you can’t make a call. It only plays birdsongs. ‘The phone attracts a lot of attention,’ said Hatib Joof, who owns a restaurant next to the Bird ...