It's hard to resist eavesdropping—especially when a heated ... an orange kitty is perched on his balcony watching neighbors argue and he's glued to this drama like it's his very own soap opera.

It felt like things had come full circle when eavesdropping returned to Tompkins Square Park. My neighbors and I had been there all year, ogling or ignoring one another; now I could hear them ...

But cues from damaged neighbors may not always be useful ... reported that the plants can eavesdrop on herbivore cues to mount a defensive response even before any plant is attacked.