What’s the Buzz? Mosquitoes Can Hear You From 30 Feet Away

If a tree drops in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Humans may never know, but mosquitoes might.Until now, it was thought that mosquitoes could only hear a few inches away, but new research shows that they can detect sound from up to 32 feet away. This surprising ability allows Aedes aegypti mosquitos to track down distant mates and even tune in to human speech. The study, published on February 7 in the journal Current Biology, also offers another surpr