After being harangued by our BV community journalist Cathy Benson, this Katydid flew into a nearby apple tree and made lots of loud whirring sounds for the rest of the afternoon and evening. It is one ...

Acoustic communication has played a key role in the evolution of animals—especially vertebrates and insects—ranging from mating to warning calls and even social learning. The reconstruction of ancient ...

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 ...

The mating calls of the katydid, a large insect, are ultrasonic, beyond the audible limit of human hearing. What if we could hear them? That’s the focus behind a collaboration between the abstract ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Acoustic communication has played a key role in the evolution of animals especially vertebrates and insects, ranging from mating to warning calls and even social learning. The reconstruction of ...