Global expansion of human activities is associated with the introduction of novel stimuli,
such as anthropogenic noise, artificial lights and chemical agents. Progress in documenting …

Urban areas represent a spectrum that goes from being safe habitats for biodiversity (ie,
habitats more or equally preferred, without costs to fitness) to being ecological traps (ie …

Highlights•Anthropogenic noise is a ubiquitous and expanding global pollutant.•Noise
affects sensory environments, interferes with acoustic cues and signals, and alters …

Where did the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) come from?
Did it spread to 'patient zero'through proactive human-animal contact? Why did humans …

The increase in human population has resulted in environmental alterations and habitat
fragmentation, such as those caused by road construction. Since the late 1990s, there has …

Millions of bats are killed at wind energy facilities worldwide, yet the behavioural
mechanisms underlying why bats are vulnerable to wind turbines remain unclear …

The expansion of anthropogenic noise poses an emerging threat to the survival and
reproductive success of various organisms. Previous investigations have focused on the …

Highlights•We tested responses to visual/auditory cues in urban vs rural Jamaican fruit
bats.•Urban bats delayed foraging behaviour in simulated full moonlight.•Rural bats foraged …

In this study, results from long-term monitoring of the tyre/road noises of the exposed
aggregate cement concrete (EACC) with the highest grain size of 8 mm and stone mastic …

Noise generated by human activities has increased over the last decades as a result of
human population growth, global transport and urbanization. The understanding of the effect …