Western biologists have developed an innovative way to reconstruct how crickets sing, based on the physical formation of the chirping insects' wings, using measurements from preserved samples and ...

One of the joys of my life is to spend spring and summer evenings on the screened porch of my home in Monteagle, Tennessee, listening to a serenade of chirping crickets. It is music to my ears. I am ...

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A rare re-emergence of a certain type of insect is set to happen this spring. After more than a decade, two broods of cicadas will make their return— and one will appear right here ...

When animals 'sing' sitting on the ground -- such as when crickets chirp -- their volume and reach increase dramatically, by as much as ten-fold. This result contradicts long-held beliefs in the field ...

We recently did a show about the cicada double brood emergence. Billions of the bugs are above ground this year. And the conversation... took a bit of a turn... towards whether they can be eaten.

"The primary goal of this Web site is to enable users to identify crickets, katydids, and cicadas from America north of Mexico. The males of most species in these groups make loud, persistent calls ...

During an afternoon stroll around Morton Arboretum, Maria Malayter’s Apple Watch buzzed twice with an unusual notification. The screen warned her of a “loud environment” with sound levels reaching 90 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Insects communicate in lots of different ways, for many reasons. Some, such as ...