Scientists typically predict how species evolve by looking at their genes and the environment they live in, but new research from the University of Aberdeen has highlighted a key factor that's often ...

Ask most people about crickets and you’ll probably hear that they’re all pretty much the same: just little insects that jump and chirp. But there are actually dozens of different species of field ...

On autumn evenings, listen for a chorus of crickets. Female crickets deposit eggs under soil to overwinter and hatch in the spring. Male crickets don’t get their wings until their final molt at ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A bunch of creepy critters invaded a northwest Oklahoma City shopping center on Monday. The shopping center is located near Memorial and Penn. The sidewalks of the center are ...

Crickets in Hawaii have started purring like cats—a case of evolution in action. Researchers discovered males of the Pacific field cricket have "a newly evolved song" that is different from all other ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — If it seems like you’re seeing a lot more crickets around Acadiana lately, you are not alone. Talk of a “cricket apocalypse” has been circulating on social media for days. Many ...

A Pacific field cricket and Hawaiian parasitic fly next to each other. Credit: the University of Denver and St. Olaf College A Pacific field cricket and Hawaiian parasitic fly next to each other.

FORT WORTH — Crickets give us those soothing sounds of summer. But this year, they're giving people like Mary Chambers nightmares. "I mean... crickets everywhere!" Chambers said. "There were so many, ...

The TCU mascot may be the Horned Frogs, but older BYU fans likely associate it with crickets. That’s because thousands of field crickets were present for the first meeting between the two schools’ ...

This writer, for one, has noticed a crescendo of the cricket chorus in the back yard of his Northwest Dallas home in recent weeks. But it’s not just me, and it’s certainly not just you. Many homes and ...

TEXAS, USA — If you're living in Central Texas, you might've seen more swarms of crickets lately. These creatures are found in most places across the world, but they're especially prevalent during ...