Anthropogenic noise is an important issue of environmental concern owing to its wide-
ranging effects on the physiology, behavior and ecology of animals. To date, research has …

Acoustic signals serve communication within and across species throughout the animal
kingdom. Studying the genetics, evolution, and neurobiology of acoustic communication …

Highlights•Multimodal sensory signals inform a male fly's decision to court.•Internal states
such as sleep drive and mating drive can bias this decision.•The pC1 cluster integrates …

Sensory pathways are typically studied by starting at receptor neurons and following
postsynaptic neurons into the brain. However, this leads to a bias in analyses of activity …

Animals communicate using sounds in a wide range of contexts, and auditory systems must
encode behaviorally relevant acoustic features to drive appropriate reactions. How feature …

In many species, including humans and Drosophila, symmetric individuals secure more
matings, suggesting that bilateral symmetry signals the quality of potential mates and is …

Acoustic communication is widespread in beetles, is often sexually dimorphic, and plays a
significant role in behaviours such as premating recognition, courtship, and copulation …

Bark and ambrosia beetles and pinhole borers (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and
Platypodinae) are two subfamilies of weevils that use acoustic communication within plant …

Drosophila melanogaster produce different communication sounds during interactions with
conspecifics by vibrating their wings. Males sing a pre-copulatory courtship song with pulse …

Drosophila melanogaster hear with their antennae: sound evokes vibration of the distal
antennal segment, and this vibration is transduced by specialized mechanoreceptor cells …