To most of us, it’s a plague. After 17 years underground, the cicadas invade, blanketing lawns and streets, flying uninvited into faces and droning incessantly. But to David Rothenberg, the sound of ...

In many parts of Latin America, the parks are the place to go to if you want to listen to Mariachi music. The bands play at dusk and you can take a date, sit on a concrete bench and listen to the ...

With a one-of-a-kind museum specimen, researchers recreated the chirp of ancient cricket relatives that droned alongside the dinosaurs. By Jack Tamisiea Whether it’s a cicada’s earsplitting drone, a ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. A friend and I talked about old songs recently, and he asked how old I thought the oldest known song was. I’m not usually good at music trivia, but I ...