Birds Across Europe Flee Sooner When a Woman Approaches Than a Man, and Scientists Have No Idea Why
Urban birds in Czechia, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain let men get about one meter closer, on average, than women before taking off, a new flight initiation distance study found. Researchers tested 37 city-dwelling species including great tits, house sparrows, and blackbirds, and say the reason for the sex-linked gap remains unexplained. In city parks […]
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Urban birds in Czechia, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain let men get about one meter closer, on average, than women before taking off, a new flight initiation distance study found. Researchers tested 37 city-dwelling species including great tits, house sparrows, and blackbirds, and say the reason for the sex-linked gap remains unexplained. In city parks […]
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