As some of the loudest singing insects on Earth are back to chirp at a volume similar to an airplane’s, Americans are rejoicing or covering their ears. Listen to some of the species. By Aimee Ortiz It ...
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The insect that sounds like a songbird
Standing in a tropical forest at night, you might hear what sounds like a small bird calling from high in the canopy. Listen more closely, though, and that “bird” turns out to be an insect with ...
What’s that sound? Is it the eerie sound of an alien spaceship landing nearby? A white-noise soundtrack for people who have trouble falling asleep? Or is it the distinctive chorus of millions of ...
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 ...
When some insects are scared or threatened by predators, they secrete smelly compounds. Scientists converted the secretions into sounds, creating an eerie melody that's unpleasant to humans. See more ...
Sept. 23 (UPI) --When translated into sound, the chemical defenses deployed by insects make for some pretty good haunted house music, capable of creeping out ants and humans alike. There's only so ...
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 ...
Some spiders wait for prey to come and tickle their web. But the ogre-faced spider (Deinopis spinosa) uses its sense of hearing to take its web to the prey. Hanging upside down, the spider weaves a ...
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