A female Galápagos yellow warbler, left, next to a male. Caglar Akcay, Anglia Ruskin University
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New research has found that the persistent sound of traffic can aggravate Galápagos yellow warblers and cause them to change their behavior, possibly because they realize their songs may be being drowned out by the noise.
The study was led by experts from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and University of Vienna’s Konrad Lorenz Research Centre.
The Galápagos Islands lie more than 500…
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