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.

The Spiny Devil Katydid isn’t just a quirky creature; it’s also an important part of the rainforest ecosystem, serving as ...

An extraordinary Eocene ear. Unlike in mammals, the ear of a katydid is actually located inside its legs, which makes it vulnerable to being crushed during fossilisation. But CT scans of the katydid ...

Other katydids hear these sounds using structures called tympanal ears located on their legs. They contain an eardrum similar to modern mammals but without ear bones. The sound-producing stridulatory ...

The research team reported the earliest tympanal ears and sound-producing system (stridulatory apparatus) in exceptionally preserved Mesozoic katydids. "The newly found tympanal ears in ...

Not all ears are on heads. Many insects, such as this katydid, have sound-sensing "tympanal organs" on their legs. (Wikimedia Commons: JonRichfield)Acoustic communication requires a body part that ...

An extraordinary insect preserved in amber is opening our ears to a world of communication beyond our hearing. New research on an extinct katydid in the Natural History Museum's collection reveals ...

Male katydids, also known as bush crickets, have been rubbing parts of their wings together to make communication sounds for at least 240 million years – probably longer than any other land animal.

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 ...

Unlike locusts, katydids rarely inflict lasting damage. Texas experienced subsequent katydid outbreaks in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, and 2018. What we call the katydid was first described by ...