Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to ...

New research led by the University of Michigan is painting a more comprehensive picture of how noise pollution is impacting birds around the world. "The major takeaway from this study is that ...

Pollution can take many forms--including noise. Excess noise in the environment from sources such as traffic can have negative effects on animals that rely on sound to communicate and get information ...

New research led by the University of Michigan shows that noise pollution is influencing birds' behavior, physiology and fitness. Image credit: Dave ...

It's hard to be a bird in our human-dominated world. You can barely hear yourself sing, let along hear the songs of your friends… and you can forget about hearing a predator. Noise is almost ...

Australian magpies have made themselves at home in human cities, but that doesn’t mean that urban environments are free of challenges. New research suggests that human noise pollution affects the ...

A pair of zebra finches. Source: slowmotiongli, via iStock Photo. Noise pollution is widespread, encroaching into more wild places and impacting animals in myriad ways. Research shows that human-made ...

Wild black-tailed prairie dogs use alarm calls to warn one another of predators, and some grassland birds are listening in. Photo credit: Andrew Dreelin, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...