Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University paired female crickets with silenced male crickets and played them artificial courtship songs of different qualities, alongside a variety of background noises ...

New research has found that the mating behavior of crickets is significantly affected by traffic noise and other human-made sounds. When human-made noise pollution was present, the females didn't take ...

Scientists have found new evidence to explain how female insects can influence the father of their offspring, even after mating with up to ten males. A team from the University of Exeter has found ...

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 ...

Older male crickets are better at getting females to live with them -- but they mate less than younger rivals once they find a partner. Older male crickets are better at getting females to live with ...

Crickets and the birds that snack on them are not natural allies, but they do have a common enemy, according to a pair of studies published Wednesday: roadside noise pollution. Vehicle traffic makes ...

Crickets and the birds that snack on them are not natural allies, but they do have a common enemy, according to a pair of studies published on Wednesday, that is roadside noise pollution. Vehicle ...

PARIS (AFP) - Crickets and the birds that snack on them are not natural allies, but they do have a common enemy, according to a pair of studies published on Wednesday (Feb 3): roadside noise pollution ...

Love is risky in the natural world especially for males of most species because their serenades and movements to actively seek out females can be picked up by predators. But deviating from the norm, ...

This 2018 photo shows a zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) in Bushell's Lagoon, New South Wales, Australia. (Image via Courthouse News courtesy of JJ Harrison (https ...