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 ...

The mid-summer lull in nature noise is about to come to an end. Crickets, katydids, grasshoppers and cicadas are about to take up their part of the annual outdoor orchestral. They’ll begin ...

Why an electronic cricket? Many people like the cricket sound specially if they live in a big town. This electronic cricket circuit works in pulses, so the battery life is prolonged, the current ...

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. -- Once summer begins its slow turn toward fall, the night air becomes filled with the rhythmic sounds of insects. All those chirps, trills, buzzes and clicks are music to Wil ...

EASTHAMPTON -- Late summer and early fall bring a chorus of insect sounds to the New England evenings. Naturalists will lead two programs, sponsored by Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, focusing on insect ...

Scientists studying a species of South American bush cricket with some of the smallest ears known have discovered it has hearing so sophisticated that it rivals our own. The study, published in ...