Thousands of insect species use vibrations to communicate. Now, in part because of the foundational research of a Midwestern ...

Humans can't hear the vibrations these insects use to communicate with, but Cocroft has been able to amplify them into sound by using equipment. "The insect sounds that we hear are just a tiny subset ...

This is an audio clip of the chemical defense of a sawfly (Craesus septentrionalis) converted into a sound by sonification. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

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"The insect sounds that we hear are just a tiny subset of all the insect sounds out there," said Cocroft. "Many of the sounds that are traveling through grasses and trees and shrubs are very ...

The researchers played the sounds for people ... of each molecule present in a sawfly's chemical odor to construct the insect's soundtrack. If a molecule was highly concentrated in the insect's ...