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 ...

Male insects, such as crickets and katydids, create sounds by rubbing their wings together, a process called stridulation. The sounds of these insects, which have existed for millions of years, can be ...

It happens every year about this time: a change in the quality of light, a premonitory shiver of wind that flutters the trees' green leaves. It seems to prompt, on these late summer evenings, the ...

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 ...

Biking at dusk in last week's heat I let the noisy insect cacophony envelop me. We're familiar with the dog-day cicadas buzzing by day but who takes over when evening falls? The two main players 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 ...