Male crickets play tunes non-stop to woo a mate or keep enemies away. But they're not playing their song with the body part you're thinking. Ask most people about crickets and you’ll probably hear ...

Through the years I have admonished readers to “Slow down and take a closer look.” This time around I would like to suggest that you “Close your eyes and listen.” That’s right: just listen. The wind ...

Crickets are nothing if not noisy, but populations on two Hawaiian islands have embraced silence by rapidly losing sound-producing wing structures to avoid infestation by deadly fly larvae. In Current ...