Katy did? Katy didn’t. The evening chorus of Q&A wing scrapes is on. Add a multitude of stridulating tree crickets to the ambient katydid mix and the muggy night air is saturated with sound. In the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tiny, veined wings beat rapidly over a feast of goldenrod illuminated by a late summer sun. Without even turning her back, Anna Kohlberg knows if it’s a honeybee or bumblebee, just based on the buzz ...

Standing in a tropical forest at night, you might hear what sounds like a small bird calling from high in the canopy. Listen more closely, though, and that “bird” turns out to be an insect with ...

Amherst - Ecologists at UMass Amherst sound the alarm over how little we know about the ecological status of insects and arachnids, which are key to planetary health Members of the arachnid ...