This new study took a closer look at the impact of vehicle noise pollution on the Galápagos yellow warblers. To stimulate the sound of an intruder, the team played bird songs from a speaker and ...

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 Galapagos Islands are changing their behavior due to traffic noise, with those frequently exposed to vehicles showing heightened levels of aggression.

To deduce the effect of noise pollution on birds, researchers played avian songs over a loudspeaker at 38 locations populated by male yellow warblers — a songbird that’s prevalent throughout ...