Surprising discovery about weta ears reveals similarity with whales

Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 06:30 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org)—Research in the iconic, and some say maligned, New Zealand weta is challenging ideas about how a large group of insects including crickets and katydids hear, and has revealed an unexpected similarity to whale hearing.

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