Cicadas hibernate underground until about this time of year The clicking sound they make comes from vibrations of timbal membranes on the belly of each bug The cicadas leave when the monsoon season ...

The incessant buzzing hits you like a zapper the second you're outside. A wall of noise, like thousands of tiny wind-up toys stuck in the trees. That noise is made by cicadas, and they are here to ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Over the past few weeks, you might have been hearing a loud buzzing sound outside. It sounds like buzzing power lines, but it's actually an insect we usually start hearing in ...

In Batesian mimicry, a harmless species imitates a more dangerous one in an evolutionary 'ruse' that affords the mimic protection from would-be predators. Now, researchers have discovered the first ...

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 ...