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 ...

On a muggy June morning, Emily Bick winds through a field of knee-high corn, just north of Madison, Wisconsin. It feels like that quiet, anticipation-filled moment before a concert: Tech people are ...

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 ...

Listen closely. A cooing or murmuring sound is interspersed with one that sonically resembles Velcro separating. Another is similar to ticking tones that resonate and subside at random intervals.

Back when she was a graduate student, Robin Tinghitella learned something surprising: Birds can deduce the genetic quality of potential mates through smell. "I thought that was the craziest thing I ...

When birds or insects fly, they displace air with their wings – that is how it works. Maybe sometime at night you have disturbed an owl and heard the flap of its large wings. This sound is a frequency ...

When giving birth, a women pay crucial attention to physical safety and nutrition. Moth females are no different. For them, however, the birthing space is not a house or a healthcare facility. It’s a ...