Cognition and Noise Pollution

Australian magpie. Photo: Thennicke, via Wikimedia Commons.

Australian magpies have made themselves at home in human cities, but that doesn’t mean that urban environments are free of challenges. suggests that human noise pollution affects the songbirds’ ability to forage for food, communicate, and respond to alarm calls—but smart birds are better able to cope with this noise.

Read the latest at my Animal Minds blog: Smarter Birds Cope Better with City Noise.