Cornell and Binghamton University researchers report for the first time that mosquitoes can hear over distances much greater than anyone suspected. The findings were published Feb. 7 in the journal Current Biology. Until now, it was believed that organisms required eardrums for long-range hearing, and that the feathery antennae with fine hairs that mosquitoes and some insects use to hear only worked at close distances of several centimeters (a few inches).
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