City Life Turns Blackbirds into Early Birds

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 12:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Just as city slickers have faster-paced lives than country folk, so too do urban birds, compared with their forest-dwelling cousins. The reason, researchers report today, is that urban noise and light have altered the city birds' biological clocks. [More]

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