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 ...

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. -- Once summer begins its slow turn toward fall, the night air becomes filled with the rhythmic sounds of insects. All those chirps, trills, buzzes and clicks are music to Wil ...

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 ...

Every once in awhile — when the moon is but a sliver in the sky — I grab a flashlight and head down one of the trails leading from my home into the woods surrounding it. At other times I’ll sit on the ...

It was the first full week of September and for some reason, the weather gods decided to save some of the hottest days of the summer for those of us going back to school. The combination of heat and ...

As night falls over Australia’s forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In many ecosystems, overall insect activity actually peaks at night, especially ...

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 ...

I don't recall hearing nighttime insects before I stupidly left Portland in 2011. After I came back in 2014, I noticed crickets (and maybe other critters) making it sound like a warm Southern night ...

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Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the Education ...