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World Service,3 mins

Is human activity driving animals to be more nocturnal?

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Are animals adopting a more nocturnal lifestyle to avoid human disturbance? Kaitlyn Gaynor, a conservationist at California's National Center for Ecological Analysis, has made the first attempt to measure the global effects of human activity on the daily patterns of wildlife. (Image: Elephants, Credit: Getty Images/IPGGutenbergUKLtd.)

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