University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

Survival in the wild usually comes with a steep learning curve. For young birds, that curve can be especially brutal. If you don’t know what a hawk sounds like before you leave the nest, your first ...

Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, reveals new research. Scientists played recordings of predator ...

"We can mitigate them, we can reduce them, we can reverse them." Researchers issue warning after observing concerning shift in bird behavior: 'Predictable effects' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Young jackdaw chicks can learn about predators before leaving the nest by listening to alarm calls from adult birds.

Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, new research shows. Scientists played recordings of predator ...

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 ...

Of nine different behavioral or fitness-related responses in 160 bird species examined, noise pollution had negative impacts ...

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 ...

Humans are a noisy species. Think about our amplified music, our cars and trucks, construction equipment, chainsaws, aircraft, wind farms and snowmobiles. There is no doubt that humans alter the ...

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 ...