Scientists Reconstruct Ancient Sounds of Jurassic Insects

Using lasers, computer models, and machine learning, researchers have reconstructed the 165-million-year-old calls of Jurassic insects from fossilized wing fragments unearthed in China, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings reveal that an extinct bush-cricket species called at frequencies beyond human hearing, proving that ultrasonic communication … Read more

New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil

According to research published in the journal Zoologia by Universidade Estadual Paulista ornithologist Vagner Cavarzere and his colleagues, a previously unrecognized bird species named the Baturité antthrush (Chamaeza baturitensis) has been discovered in the isolated highland rainforests of northeastern Brazil. The newly described species is known only from two localities within a rainforest enclave spanning … Read more