The purpose of Permostridulus’s sound-making is unknown. The sound may have attracted mates or repelled rivals, just as the chirping of crickets does today. Alternatively, the rasping sound may have ...

When to know you have a cricket problem? Here are signs that tell you might have an issue with the insects, according to Reliant Pest Management: Constant chirping: Male crickets chirp incessantly ...

When you whistle, the tone is produced by air whistling through a constriction. The tail chirp is produced by vibration of ...

Male crickets on Oahu followed suit within two years; eventually, silent males outnumbered their chirping peers. Sonia Pascoal from Scotland’s University of St Andrews and her colleagues sought to ...

Scientists in Germany have discovered an almost perfectly preserved fossil of a cicada, thought to be around 47 million years ...

Crowned by four of Holly and The Crickets’ best-loved and biggest-selling singles - That’ll Be the Day, Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby and Oh, Boy! - The Chirping Crickets was one of only two ...