It happens every year about this time: a change in the quality of light, a premonitory shiver of wind that flutters the trees' green leaves. It seems to prompt, on these late summer evenings, the ...

Unique wings allow one type of male tree cricket to hum a different sort of tune — one that encompasses a wide range of pitches. The discovery could mean that these males are saying a lot more than ...

Biking at dusk in last week's heat I let the noisy insect cacophony envelop me. We're familiar with the dog-day cicadas buzzing by day but who takes over when evening falls? The two main players are ...