News Headline
Nighttime Lights Reset Birds' Internal Clocks, Threatening Dawn's Chorus
Source
National Geographic
Publication Date
2014-09-05
Streetlights and the light from shopping centers, stadiums, and houses turn night into day, a "loss of night" that is shifting the internal clocks of birds worldwide. Now, scientists are trying to understand how artificial lights are affecting birds' songs, mating, and reproduction.