Within the last decade or two, the vast majority of Hawaiian field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus) have lost the ability to create their mating song due to a mutation affecting the male crickets' ...

A pregnant female Ormia ochracea fly has a challenging problem to solve. She must listen for the song of a male cricket, locate him in the dark and use him as a host for her developing offspring.

Study by researchers at St. Olaf College published in 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B' reveals that host cricket calling song preferences exhibited by the acoustic parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea is ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled the official anthem of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, 'Dil Jashn Bole,' on Wednesday, September 20. This anthem is a collaborative effort between ...

The sound-making, hearing mechanisms in crickets go back more than 300 million years, researchers report. There have been many changes to the way insects within the Orthoptera order hear and create ...