Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape

The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect ...
Portland Press Herald

Birding: Noise pollution impact birds on so many levels

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Newsweek

‘Alarm Bells’ as Scientists Discover Threat to Birds

Baby birds may be negatively affected by the noise of traffic, even when still inside their eggs. This marks the first study that has explored the effects of traffic noise on baby birds when their ...
Popular Science

Why do birds make so many different sounds? 100,000 audio recordings offer clues.

Scientists listened to birds from around the world. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 10, 2025 1:33 PM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
EurekAlert!

Exposure to noise – even while in the egg – impairs bird development and fitness

Eggs and nesting baby birds exposed to moderate levels of anthropogenic traffic noise experience large, direct, and additive adverse effects on long-term development and fitness, according to a new ...
NPR

The Macaulay Library picks its favorite bird sounds for 2025. See who made the cut

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.