A new study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences upends one of evolutionary biology's most satisfying stories — that bats drove insects into ultrasound through ...
When a plant is stressed, it doesn’t keep quiet about it. You won’t hear the plant’s cry because it’s in the ultrasonic range — too high-pitched for human ears — but, for decades, scientists have been ...
Scientists spent over a decade reconstructing the calls of nine species of ancient insects to create the first accurate Jurassic soundscape. By Annie Roth Chirps, trills and clicks — these are the ...
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 ...
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 ...
While a lot of people are probably squeamish or downright scared when it comes to insects, there are also those who are fascinated with them. Young kids who spend a lot of time outdoors most likely ...
Scientists studied the fossils of prehistoric relatives of katydids. Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Amid the footsteps of dinosaurs and the rustle of ferns in the wind, the ...
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