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

I’ve watched Tree Swallows swoop down and carry off leaf-mimic katydids that I hadn’t even noticed, and observed Eastern Bluebirds delivering singing insects to nest boxes. Here are some non-birdy ...

They like to eat flowers, goldenrod, and even cattails, so if you know where to find those plants, you now know where to find katydids. They aren’t big, though four times larger than the treehoppers, ...

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 ...

Try the index entries for “K”, which range over kangaroos and Kandinsky; katydids and Athanasius Kircher; klezmer and Krakatoa; krill, Krishna, koras, and Keats. It’s not a book that lends itself to ...

Katydids don’t actually sing, they sort of play a fiddle. And it’s the male that does the fiddling, hoping to woo a female with his playing. She hears the chirping through ear structures called ...

And the oldest direct evidence for acoustic communication in animals is found in katydids, a cousin to cicadas and crickets. Like crickets, katydid ears are on their legs.

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 ...