Through the years I have admonished readers to “Slow down and take a closer look.” This time around I would like to suggest that you “Close your eyes and listen.” That’s right: just listen. The wind ...

On autumn evenings, listen for a chorus of crickets. Female crickets deposit eggs under soil to overwinter and hatch in the spring. Male crickets don’t get their wings until their final molt at ...

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Back when she was a graduate student, Robin Tinghitella learned something surprising: Birds can deduce the genetic quality of potential mates through smell. "I thought that was the craziest thing I ...