When I say "cricket," what's the first thing that comes to your mind? Chirping, right? Whether you find chirping musical or annoying, cricket chirps aren't intended for us at all, but are the ...

Why don’t female crickets chirp? – Avery, age 8, Los Angeles Insects communicate in lots of different ways, for many reasons.

Male crickets in Hawaii softened their chirps once parasitic flies started hunting them. Now, it seems, the flies are homing in on the new tunes.

The answer is 4. The chirp is started by a single cricket. Each other cricket either hears the chirp and emits their own (80% chance) or doesn't hear the chirp (20% chance). For an individual ...

One such text describes the cricket as follows: “As it leaps and chirps, displaying a tranquil demeanor, it embodies the essence of literary virtues. When fearlessly confronting the enemy and ...