Most people have suffered through noise pollution, whether it's the thumping of a jackhammer or a screaming siren. Defined by the EPA as "unwanted or disturbing sound," noise pollution is predicted to ...

We humans tend to spread and frolic about wherever we please, a development that has been found to harm animals’ environments and health, and therefore ultimately our own. That may be the effect on ...

New research has found that the mating behavior of crickets is significantly affected by traffic noise and other human-made sounds. When human-made noise pollution was present, the females didn't take ...

In October 2017, the Associated Press published an audio recording of what the U.S. government, at the time, claimed was a “sonic attack” launched at American diplomats stationed in Havana, Cuba. The ...

As the sun sets and the sweltering heat gives way to a balmy evening, there's one sound that fills the air, both beloved and bothersome: the rhythmic symphony of chirping crickets. However, ...

Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University paired female crickets with silenced male crickets and played them artificial courtship songs of different qualities, alongside a variety of background noises ...