The song of crickets fills the air. Crickets, the heralds of autumn, are truly living up to their name. As the cries of cicadas fade and the chirping of crickets begins, we start reaching for ...

Back when she was a graduate student, Robin Tinghitella learned something surprising: Birds can deduce the genetic quality of potential mates through smell. "I thought that was the craziest thing I ...

Deep in a cave in the Amazon Rainforest (not pictured), a new species of insect lives its life in silence. Tsvetoslav Hristov via Unsplash Whether for an awkward silence or on a quiet summer night, ...

Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets"), are insects related to grasshoppers and katydids (order Orthoptera). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. Crickets are ...