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Published online 14 June 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020603-21
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Radio tracks crickets
Tiny transmitters will monitor crickets' devastating swarm
A few unlucky crickets will become unwitting informants this summer. Agricultural researchers in the United States have fitted them with radio tags equal to half of their body weight to track their movements across the Utah desert, in an effort to understand the cues directing their devastating march.
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