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Traffic noise causes birds to have ‘road rage’

Knoxville Daily Sun 22 Mar 2025
The researchers found the effect of living on a roadside territory was present even on Floreana Island, where there are only around 10 vehicles, suggesting even minimal experience of traffic affects responses to noise.
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Traffic noise is making these Galápagos birds more aggressive

Popular Science 21 Mar 2025
These noises were recorded at 38 locations populated by Galápagos yellow warblers on the islands of Floreana and Santa Cruz ... This effect of living on a roadside territory was even present on Floreana Island, which only has about 10 vehicles on it.
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Traffic noise causes birds to have \u2018road rage\u2019

Atlantic News Telegraph 21 Mar 2025
The researchers found the effect of living on a roadside territory was present even on Floreana Island, where there are only around 10 vehicles, suggesting even minimal experience of traffic affects responses to noise.
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Galápagos birds becoming more aggressive due to traffic noise, exhibit ‘road rage’: Study

Interesting Engineering 20 Mar 2025
However, increasing human populations and tourism have led to rising numbers of vehicles on the islands’ roads. To examine the effects of traffic noise, researchers conducted experiments at 38 sites on the islands of Floreana and Santa Cruz.
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Traffic noise triggers road rage among male Galápagos birds

AOL 20 Mar 2025
The scientists said males living on the more densely populated Santa Cruz Island sang for longer when traffic sounds were present, while the reverse was true for those on the more sparsely populated Floreana Island.
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A bird last seen by Darwin 190 years ago reappears on a Galápagos island

Mongabay 11 Mar 2025
The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it ... But on Floreana, the rail wasn’t seen again after Darwin’s initial visit.
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Gal�pagos Rail seen on island where Charles Darwin discovered it for first time in 200 years

New York Post 08 Mar 2025
The Galápagos Rail, considered a near-endangered species, has returned to its native Floreana Island after conservationists removed wild cat and rat populations that had driven the population out ...
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