Why early-life exposure to “masking” noise has this effect is unknown. It’s possible young crickets “learn” what to listen for from hearing the chirping of adults as they mature, and ...

From rock concerts to construction noise, humans are a noisy bunch. Studies have shown that noise pollution can cause health problems in humans, such as hearing loss, stress, and high blood ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - Jiminy Crickets. It sounds like fall out there. Like clockwork, the sound of crickets began to creep into my summer evenings during the first week in August, just when ...

For female field crickets, little is more alluring than the song of a male. But on some islands in Hawaii, the males can no longer produce a noise, despite trying their hardest to do so ...

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 ...