Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The killing frost means that the life cycle of many insects has come to an end. It is so with the katydid. A katydid is really ...

A bizarre rainforest insect is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about camouflage. A katydid spotted glowing hot ...

As a Southerner, I take my bugs seriously and I’m not so happy about the critter situation this summer. Evenings on the porch have been sort of quiet, as cicadas seem to be sitting this one out while ...

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 ...

One evening a few weeks ago my wife and I played cards with our daughter and her husband at their home near Asheville, North Carolina. A cool breeze drifted through an open window and so did the ...

Madagascar has some new critters lurking around: large, aggressive katydids. Seven new species of the insect were recently identified, according to a study published in the journal Zootaxa. The ...

The melodious songs of nesting birds may be the sounds most associated with spring and early summer. But, this time of year, it is the ceaseless droning and buzzing of katydids and cicadas that tell ...

Every season has a particular characteristic that makes it feel unique. Sometimes that characteristic is temperature or humidity, and other times it can be scents or sounds. Keeping this in mind, I ...