Next to bird songs, insect songs are the most common tunes of summer. We often attribute insect songs to crickets, but we may actually hear 42 other species of singing insects in local neighborhoods ...

NEW MARKET, Va. -- In the absence of birdsong at this time of year, when the birds go quiet, an altogether new choir appears. Think of it as curtain-raising time for the singing insects. Crickets and ...

As some of the loudest singing insects on Earth are back to chirp at a volume similar to an airplane’s, Americans are rejoicing or covering their ears. Listen to some of the species. By Aimee Ortiz It ...

"Songs of Summer Insects,” a look at local insects and just how they make all that racket, will be presented in a free virtual program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, by naturalist Stephen Lyn Bales. The ...

DEAR JOAN: I live in Boise, Idaho, along a stream that is teeming with wildlife. I love it, but I have noticed in the last few years that the cricket song at night has completely gone away. It’s so ...