Traffic noise creates angry birds in the Galapagos
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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