Researchers recently discovered that traffic noise may be causing male Galápagos yellow warblers to behave more aggressively ...
The Galápagos yellow warblers on the more populous island of Santa Cruz also increased the duration of their song when ...
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 ...
A new study has discovered that birds in the Galápagos Islands are changing their behaviour due to traffic noise, with those frequently exposed to vehicles showing heightened levels of aggression.
About half of the Yellow Warblers were exposed to a track that solely featured the sound of other birds, while the other half were exposed to a track that featured both birds and traffic sounds.
The study flags new challenges for conservation as population growth brings humans and animals closer together.
The birds of the Galapagos Islands gave Darwin some of his best evidence for evolution. Now some of those birds have evolved an extreme dislike of all the noise of this increasingly busy tourist ...
The new study involved researchers playing bird songs from a speaker, simulating an intruder, accompanied by recorded traffic noise at 38 locations populated by Galápagos yellow warblers on the ...
Males have bright yellow feathers covering most of their bodies, with a reddish-brown “cap” atop their heads during the breeding season. They are territorial birds that defend their turf from ...
Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds aggressive, a recent study has ...
A new study has discovered that birds ... Galápagos yellow warbler is genetically distinct from other yellow warblers found in the Americas and is classified as a subspecies. Male Galapagos ...
A new study has discovered that birds in the Galapagos Islands are ... During trials involving traffic noise, Galapagos yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia aureola) increased the duration of ...