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 ...

On a warm summer night, when everything else grows quiet, the air begins to buzz with a steady rhythm. Crickets chirp from the bushes, from tree branc.

Submitted photo ... This image shows a Carolina leaf-roller cricket. Tree crickets are rarely seen, but their summer symphonies are familiar sounds. Spending my summers in Mississippi, I remember hot, ...

Among many male crickets, larger body size means a lower pitched song and more attention from the lady crickets. But male tree crickets break this rule: The pitch of their song changes with ...

The insects fashion and use "baffles"—sound controllers—made of leaves to produce sound more efficiently. Jason G. Goldman reports. That observation was in 1960. Since then the club of tool users has ...

Among many male crickets, larger body size means a lower pitched song and more attention from the lady crickets. But male tree crickets break this rule: The pitch of their song changes with ...