Researchers have re-created the love song of a katydid from 165 million years ago, based on an analysis of fossilized wings found in northwest China. They say the chirp adds an aural dimension to our ...

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 ...

Their ears may be on their legs, but katydids hear a lot like humans do, a new study finds. In fact, even though insect and mammal lineages diverged a staggeringly long time ago, even for the ...

Their ears may be on their legs, but katydids hear a lot like humans do, a new study finds. In fact, even though insect and mammal lineages diverged a staggeringly long time ago, even for the ...

Katydids are leaf-like bugs and they deceive all. Scientists believe they are smart survival players. They belong to the family of Tettigoniidae, although you may know them as the bush crickets or ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — 50 million years ago in what is now northwestern Colorado, a katydid died, sank to the bottom of a lake and was quickly buried in fine sediments, where it remained until its ...

Step outside any August night in leafy suburbia and you'll be serenaded by one of the loudest and most cheerful of North America's singing insects, the common true katydid. This is the critter that ...

Kate Umbers was hiking through Australia’s Snowy Mountains in the autumn of 2008, when she saw her first mountain katydid—a thumb-sized insect with the colour and texture of a dead leaf. “I recognised ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A pair of fossilized insect wings is singing loud and clear, thanks to the help of researchers.

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In the summers in Mississippi, there was an incredible night sound, along with many others, that meant “summer” to me. As I grew up, I realized that the sounds, especially the ONE, were katydids.