From mimicking car alarms to weaving mossy decoys, birds are finding ingenious ways to survive in a human-dominated world. Some shift their songs higher to cut through traffic noise, while others ...

A University of Michigan study found noise pollution has a significant negative impact on wild birds. Noise can interfere with mating calls, parent-offspring communication, and predator detection.

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 ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, March 23, 2026 – While the roar of a highway is an obvious nuisance to humans, its impact on the natural world reaches far deeper into the wilderness than previously understood. A ...

Scientists say they have observed one of the highest-altitude acts of bird predation ever recorded. By Jason Bittel In January 2023, scientists attached tracking devices to eight grey plovers on the ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with snake ...

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 ...