Noise harms birds and other wildlife
Effects of noise on Wildlife, U.S. National Park Service, links to 800 studies
Effect of noise on birds and other wildlife: Interview with ecologist Jesse Barber, Sept 2024
Jesse Barber’s “Phantom Highway” Experiment, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Dec 2013
The Affects of Anthropogenic Noise on Animals, Nov 2019
Noise Pollution Might Cut Birds’ Lives Short, Smithsonian Magazine, Aug 2018 (Traffic noise shortens lifespans in birds, Frontiers in Zoology, 2018)
Is Constant Human Noise Stressing out Wildlife, Sierra Magazine, Feb 2018
Science News, Feb 2015, the impact of loud noise on birds and other wildlife. Includes Jesse Barber’s “phantom highway” experiment, where 28% of the bird species left the noisy areas, and of the species remaining many lost weight.
Noise harms insects
How Human Noise Pollution Disrupts Insect Communication, Insect Hive, June 25, 2025
Anthropogenic noise affects insects and arachnids, study, Oct 2021
Impact of environmental noise on insects’ physiology and ethology – A study on ants as models, Sept 2018
Even Insects Hate Traffic: How Noise Affects the Song Patterns of Tree Crickets, April, 2016