Study: Crickets 'forewarn' unborn babies about spiders

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

Just because cricket moms abandon their eggs before they hatch doesn't mean they don't pass wisdom along to their babies. New research in the American Naturalist shows that crickets can warn their unborn babies about potential predator threats.

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