On March 27, 2025, somewhere in the Panamanian rainforest, the evolutionary biologist Zeke Rowe was looking for a snack.

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 ...

Katydids prefer to be heard rather than seen. The insect’s name, an onomatopoeic transcription of the male mating call, first appeared in print in 1784, in Scottish American physician J.F.D. Smyth’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Katydids have joined in the July chorus with cicadas, crickets, and frogs. The Missouri Department of Conservation encourages people to discover nature by learning more about Missouri’s loudest insect ...

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 ...

Every season has a particular characteristic that makes it feel unique. Sometimes that characteristic is temperature or humidity, and other times it can be scents or sounds. Keeping this in mind, I ...

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 ...