Supporting the notion that it's not the size that counts, researchers have recorded the loudest sound ever produced from an animal when adjusted for its body size. The water boatman, a tiny aquatic ...

A tiny water-dwelling insect has the loudest song for its size in the world, researchers find — a mating call it probably makes with its genitals. Discovering how such a little insect makes such a big ...

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When a male lesser water boatman performs his mating call, he rubs his penis against his abdomen and makes a sound that is an astonishing 99.2 decibels. For reference, that is about as loud as a ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. If you get a chance this winter, take a peek through the icy window of a pond surface. You may see water boatmen (order Hemiptera: family Corixidae) ...