It’s making these angry birds choose fight over flight. Humans aren’t the only ones who are prone to road rage. Scientists have found that certain songbirds in the Galapagos behave more aggressively ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds aggressive, a ...

A new study has found Galapagos yellow warblers are more aggressive if they live closer to a road and are exposed to more ...

Angry locals are close to “breaking point” over the swarms of seagulls descending on the town. Flocking to the landfill site, ...

Birds occupying roadside territories on both islands, and therefore having regular experience of traffic noise, may have learned to increase physical aggression when the territorial intrusion was ...

It’s making these angry birds choose fight over flight ... To deduce the effect of noise pollution on birds, researchers played avian songs over a loudspeaker at 38 locations populated by ...

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 ...