Talk with David Bennett online

Talk with David Bennett online

We have added the recent talk by David Bennet to our canal. https://youtu.be/axx4PJnOMEM Artículo científico: Recent technological developments allow for passive acoustic monitoring of Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) in research and conservation across a broad...

Interview with José Carlos Sires

Interview with José Carlos Sires

José Carlos Sires is a Sevillian naturalist who has overcome the loss of vision at the age of six to become an expert in bioacoustics. Initially known for his extraordinary ability to identify the Iberian birds by their songs, Sires has recently expanded his expertise...

TEOSS Iberian Meeting 2025 in Cuenca

TEOSS Iberian Meeting 2025 in Cuenca

THE TEOSS Spain project announces its 2025 meeting in the Serranía de Cuenca on the dates of July 17 to 19, 2025. We will review concepts from the 2024 training workshop and above all we will train data collection in the field.Formulario de inscripción Enlace.

Interview with Filippo Buzzeti

Interview with Filippo Buzzeti

Filippo Maria Buzzetti is a prominent Italian researcher specializing in the bioacoustics of orthopterans. As a member of the Museo Civico di Rovereto Foundation, Buzzetti has played a crucial role in advancing knowledge about sound production in these fascinating...

Introduction to insect sound production

Introduction to insect sound production

While many invertebrates produce sounds incidentally, cicadas, crickets, and grasshoppers stand out for their ability to produce loud, purposeful sounds that play vital roles in their communication, reproduction, and survival strategies. The male songs are indeed...

The song of the crickets

The song of the crickets

Who hasn't heard the cricket's song on a calm summer night? Or, during the day, felt deafened by the cicadas' chorus? Many other insect songs often go unnoticed. By paying attention with our ears to any meadow or field, we can now hear many other insect sounds that we...

TEOSS workflow

TEOSS workflow

During TEOSS workshops we will be aiming at collecting Orthopteran sound recordings of well-identified species with a minimum set of metadata. Our aim is to train recorders for making possible automatic species recognition based on sound recordings for a larger part...

TEOSS workshop #2 : La Demanda (Spain)

TEOSS workshop #2 : La Demanda (Spain)

The second international workshop on Orthoptera bioacoustics in Europe (TEOSS project) took place in Sierra de La Demanda in Spain, from 7 to 16 August. The meeting of more than 30 orthopterists was important for the future of Orthoptera studies in Spain. It allowed...

Field Trip Report: Orthoptera seen at Verona workshop

Field Trip Report: Orthoptera seen at Verona workshop

The first TEOSS workshop allows to explore the region of Verona (N.E. of Italy) and collect data on its Ortopterofauna. We visited five localities during the training course and were able to detect 46 species of grasshoppers and bush crickets. A field trip report...