A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation.

Back in the Midwest, in the summers I listened to cicadas calling and crickets chirping — sounds that don’t happen here in Southeast Alaska. We hear mosquitoes and bees buzzing, of course, but that’s ...

Do you love to hear the pulsing chirp of crickets as you fall asleep? It is an unmistakable sound. Some people find it pleasing and peaceful, but others find the sound loud and annoying, especially if ...

Heat waves are pushing temperatures up this summer and breaking records across the world. It’s affecting people, crops and crickets. The cold-blooded insects chirp faster as temperatures rise.

On a late summer day in Beijing while roaming through the narrow alleyways of an old pet market I heard the chirping of insects. It was such a refreshing sound on a stiflingly hot day. At one point, ...