Insect hearing has independently evolved multiple times in the context of intraspecific
communication and predator detection by transforming proprioceptive organs into ears …

Insects exhibit an astonishing diversity in the design of their ears and the subsequent
processing of information within their auditory pathways. The aim of this review is to …

This book provides the reader with a perspective on current research into sound
communication in insects, with particular emphasis on the evolution of this method of …

While we may have always assumed that insects employ auditory communication, our
understanding of it has been impeded by various technical challenges. In comparison to the …

Biotremology is a field of study focused on an ancient way of communication by animals
endowed with specialized organs for emission and reception of substrate-borne vibrations …

Many gomphocerine grasshoppers communicate acoustically: a male's calling song is
answered by a female which is approached phonotactically by the male. Signals and …

Acoustic communication in Gryllus firmus is temperature-coupled: temperature induces
parallel changes in male calling song temporal pattern, and in female preference for song …

Auditory interneurones originating in the metathoracic ganglion of females of the
grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus can be classified as local (SN), bisegmental (BSN), T …

Time is a fundamental dimension of all biological events and it is often assumed that
animals have the capacity to track the duration of experienced events (known as interval …

Across the animal kingdom, social interactions rely on sound production and perception.
From simple cricket chirps to more elaborate bird songs, animals go to great lengths to …