When bats go hunting by listening for faint rustling sounds made by their quarry on a quiet night they don't have any problems. But what happens when a bat goes foraging next to a noisy highway? Can ...

1. Predatory mammals and birds from several phylogenetic lineages use prey rustling sounds to detect and locate prey. However, it is not known whether these rustling sounds convey information about ...

Along came a spider who sat down inside her. A 64-year-old woman in Taiwan experienced every arachnophobe’s worst nightmare in April when doctors found a spider scuttling about in her ear canal. A ...

A woman who kept hearing clicking and rustling sounds was found to have a spider crawling around inside her left ear. The 64-year-old from Taiwan, who was not named, went to hospital after battling ...

A woman heard clicking, rustling, and beating sounds in her ear that kept her up at night. Doctors found a small spider and its exoskeleton in her ear canal. Most ear, nose, and throat specialists ...

Listening for faint rustling noises made by tasty beetles on a quiet day is simple for bats hunting with their exquisitely sensitive hearing. So try imagining what it must be like trying to locate ...