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 ...

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 ...

Over 100 million years ago, the chirps of insects known as katydids dominated the sounds of Earth’s nights. Now, fossils reveal what the katydid ears that heard those sounds looked like. Twenty-four ...

Growing up in Mississippi, we did not have air conditioning or even fans, so at night all we heard were the night sounds. It was not until I became an adult living in the country that I heard the same ...

A pair of fossilized insect wings is singing loud and clear, thanks to the help of researchers. By analyzing a pair of fossilized wings, researchers have recreated what a 165-million-year-old katydid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Summer in Leon County is known for a variety of enjoyable outdoor activities. Swimming, fishing, hiking, biking and many other undertakings occur under the sun in the pleasant native environment. The ...

A bubblegum-pink bug isn't something you see every day, unless you're the curator of animal collections for Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, aka Zack Lemann. This week, the Audubon ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: Our small HOA is trying to convert to desert or semi-desert landscaping. It’s a fight, as some owners want the same flowers they had back east or in California, but we keep trying. We have a number ...