When you stop and listen, Colorado is the stage for an insect cacophony this time of year. Crickets sing in the grasses, and the trees are full of shrilling cicadas and the scree-scree-scree calls of ...

August is sometimes described as the Sunday of summer. While the season is changing, it’s far from over. The first day of autumn is actually Sept. 22. This month is an important time for many as they ...

Outside, the sound of grasshoppers and crickets chirping adds to the ambiance—especially in the summertime. But indoors, that noise can get annoying very quickly. Plus, while some people may not find ...

Top Image credit:European Journal of Entomology 100 (2003): 581-86. We live on a planet thrumming with the diverse voices of communicative animals. But it was not always this way. For more than 90 ...

If you've ever been to downtown Ferndale, you've noticed the little spot on the Nine Mile strip full of lights dripping Woodward avenue in a swirl of colors and heavy dance music carrying through the ...

We take it for granted that virtually every habitat on Earth is alive with the sounds of animals, from the haunting songs of whales in the oceans to the riotous symphony of birds, frogs and insects in ...