Most types of katydids are green and have markings to help them blend in with leaves and other foliage. Like crickets and grasshoppers, they have long back legs to help them jump. They can rub their ...

A recent Journal of Orthoptera Research article describes two newly identified katydid species endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains. The study examined the morphology and acoustic behaviors ...

Imagine you’re wandering through a lush rainforest in the Amazon, pushing aside dense leaves, stepping carefully over twisted roots, when suddenly you notice something bizarre staring right back at ...

Their ears may be on their legs, but katydids hear a lot like humans do, a new study finds. In fact, even though insect and mammal lineages diverged a staggeringly long time ago, even for the ...

Their ears may be on their legs, but katydids hear a lot like humans do, a new study finds. In fact, even though insect and mammal lineages diverged a staggeringly long time ago, even for the ...

Texas is experiencing a population outbreak of the noisy, tree-dwelling insects. With mating season in full swing, you might want to invest in earplugs. If you’ve noticed the raspy chirping more than ...

In the summers in Mississippi, there was an incredible night sound, along with many others, that meant “summer” to me. As I grew up, I realized that the sounds, especially the ONE, were katydids.

Researchers have re-created the love song of a katydid from 165 million years ago, based on an analysis of fossilized wings found in northwest China. They say the chirp adds an aural dimension to our ...

Jerry James Stone is a food blogger, vegetarian chef, activist, and internet personality who started writing for Treehugger in 2004. What you are looking at is the very rare and very pink katydid.

Teachers always know that the beginning of the school year is just around the corner when katydids start calling at night. By mid-August, these almost thumb-sized insects will be calling their ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — So, a dead katydid showed up on the porch one morning. Shortly thereafter, so did the ants. Then a human showed up with a camera, and set it to shoot a timelapse. Get daily ...