Galapagos Birds Are Fed Up With Traffic » Explorersweb

Galapagos Birds Are Fed Up With Traffic » Explorersweb

The birds of the Galapagos Islands gave Darwin some of his best evidence for evolution. Now some of those birds have evolved an extreme dislike of all the noise of this increasingly busy tourist destination. A new study suggests that traffic noise affects the behavior of the Galapagos yellow warbler. The little yellow birds are altering their songs, and the males have become more aggressive. Think of it as the avian version of road rage. Birdson…