Scientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing new feature of the birds found around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales: they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a ...

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Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world. Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a ...

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 ...

Researchers found 778 individual pieces of plastic in one bird on Australia's Lord Howe Island Researchers in Australia have discovered excessive amounts of plastic in birds on the remote Lord Howe ...