It was the first full week of September and for some reason, the weather gods decided to save some of the hottest days of the summer for those of us going back to school. The combination of heat and ...

Long exposure combining images taken at the side of the Po River in San Matteo delle Chiaviche, Italy. (Alberto Ghizzi Panizza/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) As summer rolls around, ...

Back in the Midwest, in the summers I listened to cicadas calling and crickets chirping — sounds that don’t happen here in Southeast Alaska. We hear mosquitoes and bees buzzing, of course, but that’s ...

Now that summer is winding down and temperatures have begun to moderate, it’s a joy to sleep with a cool, gentle breeze wafting through open windows. The sounds of nature make a perfect lullaby. The ...

I don't recall hearing nighttime insects before I stupidly left Portland in 2011. After I came back in 2014, I noticed crickets (and maybe other critters) making it sound like a warm Southern night ...

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 ...

Some species of spider can grab prey out of the air at night apparently without seeing it, and now we know how. An analysis of one such spider shows it uses its legs to pick up the sound of flying ...