One of the weirdest parts about being a human in modern times is that we know more about our planet and the universe than ever before — which also makes it abundantly clear how much more there is to ...

Cambridge University scientists in England say female crickets react to, and make steering corrections toward, the sound pattern in a male cricket's song. James Poulet and Berthold Hedwig recorded the ...

"Compared to our complex language, crickets only have a few songs which they have to recognise and process, so, by looking at their much simpler brain, we aim to understand how neurons process sound ...

To make this familiar summer sound, the male cricket holds his nerve and “stridulates” – rubbing his back legs together in order to entice a female. He knows this makes him vulnerable. What a female ...