The sound of crickets chirping often sets the ideal summer nighttime scene. While it might not be exactly pleasant to imagine countless crickets nearby, rubbing their body parts together to create a ...

In the dead of night -- or day -- you hear an ear-piercing sound coming from inside the walls of your home that literally bugs you. Well, that’s because it is a bug. Crickets are notorious for ...

Heat waves are pushing temperatures up this summer and breaking records across the world. It’s affecting people, crops and crickets. The cold-blooded insects chirp faster as temperatures rise.

Crickets are ectotherms — meaning their body temperature depends on the temperature of their surrounding environment. Much like a sluggish bumblebee on a cool spring morning or a lizard sunning on a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Crickets can’t predict the weather, but ...

Have you ever read the book “The Very Quiet Cricket?” It’s about a young cricket who can’t chirp until he grows up. My friend Rich Zack reminded me of that book when we talked about your question.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGNO) — Crickets can’t predict the weather, ...