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 ...

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 ...

TO THE untrained ear, the chirping noises made by many small creatures or insects sound very similar. Now there is a new breed of app that will allow anyone with a smartphone to identify the unique ...

This is an audio clip of the chemical defense of a sawfly (Craesus septentrionalis) converted into a sound by sonification. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

EASTHAMPTON -- Late summer and early fall bring a chorus of insect sounds to the New England evenings. Naturalists will lead two programs, sponsored by Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, focusing on insect ...