Not all species adapt to extreme events such as drought, fires or other adverse climatic phenomena, whether temporary, like a hurricane, or long-term, such as global warming. The well-known resilience, the ability of a living being to adapt in the face of a disturbing agent or an adverse state or situation, is a privilege of a few. A study led by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD) – CSIC and published in Nature Communications demonstrates that a drought suffered by red kites at birth and during their first months of development causes lifelong damage, causing a decrease in their survival with serious effects on the population and precipitating, if we do not act urgently, the time remaining for the extinction of the species in the National Park.
