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By Shreya Dasgupta Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds aggressive, a ...
It’s making these angry birds choose fight over flight. Humans aren’t the only ones who are prone to road rage. Scientists have found that certain songbirds in the Galapagos behave more aggressively ...
A new study has found Galapagos yellow warblers are more aggressive if they live closer to a road and are exposed to more ...
The Galápagos Islands, located over 500 miles off the coast of Ecuador, are considered a natural living laboratory due to the large number of unique, endemic species. The Galápagos yellow warbler is ...
It’s making these angry birds choose fight over flight ... To deduce the effect of noise pollution on birds, researchers played avian songs over a loudspeaker at 38 locations populated by ...
Researchers wanted to understand how birds react to the increased noise. So they picked the Galápagos yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola), a territorial bird that uses loud songs ...