The telltale sound of summer in Rome used to be the clapping of plastic tables on the cobblestone streets as restaurants prepared to serve dinner under the stars. Now there's also the whine of buzzing ...

Insects are found almost everywhere and in all environments. They inhabited the earth before the dinosaurs — and are still with us today! We know of about 1 million species, but biologists think there ...

And odds are, cicadas and their mating calls are getting on your nerves. Yet, it’s a good sound if you’re looking forward to the coming storms, folklore says. "Rain will occur about a week after ...

Mosquitoes flap their wings not just to stay aloft but for two other critical purposes: to generate sound and to point that buzz in the direction of a potential mate, researchers at Johns Hopkins ...

Some bats buzz like wasps and bees when grasped, and the sound seems to deter predatory owls. The findings reveal what may be the first known case of a mammal mimicking an insect, researchers report ...

Last week, the Newberry County Sheriff's Office was swarmed by phone calls from local residents who were concerned about a particular sound they were hearing outdoors. "We had several calls about a ...

Black bugs clustered on the awnings and walls of Café Du Monde and elsewhere in the French Quarter Wednesday. Thousands of them. Maybe millions. But they did not stop visitors from washing down ...

Cicadas are back in full swing in Southern Arizona, but according to University of Arizona entomologists, they’ve arrived later than usual and in lower numbers. These big, buzzing bugs, which ...

On the very first night I moved into my apartment in Boardman, I was awakened by a faint buzzing sound. In the darkness of the room, I ...