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 ...

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 just a "long-horned" grasshopper or a "bush cricket." Crickets, ...

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 ...

Male insects, such as crickets and katydids, create sounds by rubbing their wings together, a process called stridulation. The sounds of these insects, which have existed for millions of years, can be ...

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 ...

It was the first full week of September and for some reason, the weather gods decided to save some of the hottest days of the summer for those of us going back to school. The combination of heat and ...