A group of treehoppers sit on a plant stem in University of Missouri Professor Rex Cocroft's lab. Humans can't hear the vibrations these insects use to communicate with, but Cocroft has been able to ...

Bird-watching—and, necessarily, listening—has exploded in popularity in recent years. But put your ears a little closer to the ground, and you might hear a quieter but just as potent kind of song ...

Evidence suggests at least one group of insects, the tiny treehopper, communicates using sound vibrations. Researcher Rex Cocroft has scoured a... Societies of Sound in the Forest Societies of Sound ...

"The Sound of Insects – Record of a Mummy," an experimental film combining documentary and literary elements from Swiss director Peter Liechti, has won this year's Prix Arte for best European ...

Back in the Midwest, in the summers I listened to cicadas calling and crickets chirping — sounds that don’t happen here in Southeast Alaska. We hear mosquitoes and bees buzzing, of course, but that’s ...

From Indonesia to Wisconsin, farmers all over the world struggle with a huge problem: pests. On top of that, it's tough for farmers to identify... How listening to the sounds of insects can help ...

Scientists are using atomic force microscopy to record sounds emanating from inside living insects like flies, mosquitoes and ladybugs. A team of Clarkson University scientists led by Prof. Igor ...

To most of us, it’s a plague. After 17 years underground, the cicadas invade, blanketing lawns and streets, flying uninvited into faces and droning incessantly. But to David Rothenberg, the sound of ...

Pictured is a cicada that recently emerged in Oktibbeha County as part of a 13-year periodical brood. The rare emergence not only brought more insects out of the ground, but also additional noise as ...