Echolocation in bats and high-frequency hearing in their insect prey make bats and insects
an ideal system for studying the sensory ecology and neuroethology of predator–prey …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems.
They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical …

Highlights•Low-amplitude signalling is a common but understudied form of
communication.•These signals can be both structurally and functionally distinct from loud …

Sound plays an important role for toothed whales in foraging and communication. However,
little is known about acoustic communication in the toothed whale species that only produce …

Warning signals are well known in the visual system, but rare in other modalities. Some
moths produce ultrasonic sounds to warn bats of noxious taste or to mimic unpalatable …

Insects rely on olfaction to guide a wide range of adaptive behaviors, including mate and
food localization, mate choice, oviposition site selection, kin recognition, and predator …

Tympanal organs for hearing in the far field have evolved on multiple occasions among
insects and are currently found in seven orders. Many, if not most, cases of insect hearing …

Anthropogenic noise has received significant attention in recent years, and researchers
have highlighted the ways in which animals might deal with these noise sources. However …

Animals engage in complex social encounters that influence social groups and resource
allocation. During these encounters, acoustic signals, used at both short and long ranges …