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Traffic noise creates angry birds in the Galapagos

Gail P Sherman
Mar 25, 2025
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Yellow Warbler

Birds change their songs to be heard over the sound of automobile traffic, and when that doesn't work, they get aggressive. A new study in the journal Animal Behavior found that Yellow Warblers, which live throughout the archipelago, were impacted by human activity, even on a minimally populated island.

The Galapagos Islands, about 600 mile…

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