In northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, producing a sound scientists have puzzled ...

Scientists discovered that scissor-tailed nightjars create strange courtship sounds by snapping the bones in their wings ...

Birds living in noisy cities change their songs, but they do not all adapt in the same way scientists once believed.

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 ...

A pair of zebra finches. Source: slowmotiongli, via iStock Photo. Noise pollution is widespread, encroaching into more wild places and impacting animals in myriad ways. Research shows that human-made ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Baby birds may be negatively affected by the noise of traffic, even ...

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 ...

Sparrows, blackbirds and the great tit are all birds known to sing at a higher pitch (frequency) in urban environments. It was previously believed that these birds sang at higher frequencies in order ...

For two summers in a rugged corner of Idaho’s Pioneer Mountains, the roar of rushing white water filled the air. But where the loud sounds prevailed, only gentle streams flowed by. These phantom ...