Standing in a tropical forest at night, you might hear what sounds like a small bird calling from high in the canopy. Listen ...

The much-hyped great cicada invasion of 2013 didn’t materialize quite as expected (or feared) by many along the Eastern Seaboard, but anticipation of the 17-year Magicicada Brood II reemergence did ...

Insects have been an inspiration in music for centuries, starring in pieces from "Flight of the Bumblebee" to Mastodon's "March of the Fire Ants." On a summer evening, a soft breeze rustles quietly ...

With a one-of-a-kind museum specimen, researchers recreated the chirp of ancient cricket relatives that droned alongside the dinosaurs. By Jack Tamisiea Whether it’s a cicada’s earsplitting drone, a ...

Following books about bird music (Why Birds Sing) and whale music (Thousand Mile Song), Rothenberg, a jazz musician and professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, ...