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 ...

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 ...

Automatic recognition of insect sound could help us understand changing biodiversity trends around the world—but insect sounds are challenging to recognize even for deep learning, due to the broad ...

Tiny, veined wings beat rapidly over a feast of goldenrod illuminated by a late summer sun. Without even turning her back, Anna Kohlberg knows if it’s a honeybee or bumblebee, just based on the buzz ...