It turns out there isn’t just one iconic sound of summer but a whole slew that, when you hear them, root you firmly in the season. I recently discussed bullfrogs in this context, but there’s also the ...

Our auditory system is able to home in on the message being conveyed by the person you're talking with even in a noisy room full of people. The secret to rising above the noise -- a dilemma known in ...

Cicadas are not the only thing making noise in the woods these days. Northern gray tree frogs are calling their hearts out in Warren County looking for mates. With the warm humid weather settled in to ...

"Errrrrrrrrt, errrrrrrrt" reverberated loudly from a small red maple tree along Brodhead Creek, just south of East Stroudsburg. This sound seems quite similar to the song of the very common ...

One of the joys of early spring is to hear the noise produced by the little frogs that call Indiana home. These often rather tiny, hard-to-find frogs can drive a person to distraction trying to find a ...

You've been there: Trying to carry on a conversation in a room so noisy that the background chatter threatens to drown out the words you hear. Yet somehow your auditory system is able to home in on ...