A new study finds that crickets can also measure temperature in our surroundings just as thermometers do.Crickets are ...

I enjoy the insect chorus heard through our open windows, and late-summer evenings are best. The populations for many of the music producers are at their peak. The activity of the nighttime singing ...

As the weather cools and fall advances, all our senses are called into play. On any trip into the countryside, our vision is excited by the rich colors of maple leaves and goldenrod and aster blossoms ...

New species of cricket, Ajareta sairandhriensis, breaks a National Park's reputation as a “silent valley” with its nighttime ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At the beginning of the year, the relative silence of the winter night was broken only by the calls of great horned owls. In late March, spring peepers, diminutive tree frogs, ...

Now that summer is winding down and temperatures have begun to moderate, it’s a joy to sleep with a cool, gentle breeze wafting through open windows. The sounds of nature make a perfect lullaby. The ...

Unique wings allow one type of male tree cricket to hum a different sort of tune — one that encompasses a wide range of pitches. The discovery could mean that these males are saying a lot more than ...

The insects fashion and use "baffles"—sound controllers—made of leaves to produce sound more efficiently. Jason G. Goldman reports. That observation was in 1960. Since then the club of tool users has ...

Some tree crickets amplify their calls with leaves, giving them an opportunity to mate that they otherwise might miss. By Katherine J. Wu For better or for worse, female tree crickets tend to ...