Katydids are also called bush crickets. They’re part of the Tettigoniidae family and are so diverse that more than 8,000 katydid species have been discovered. Known for its large size and resonant ...

This week’s reader photo was taken by Marina in Tewantin, Queensland. The common garden katydid (Caedicia simplex) is found throughout Australia, and lives in urban areas, forests and woodlands. While ...

Last Friday, citizen scientists fanned out across New York City, and learned the sounds of seven different kinds of crickets and katydids in the urban wild. They were particularly anxious to document ...

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 ...

Scientists are asking New Yorkers' help to track the city's population of the common true katydid. New Yorkers have been asked to use their cell phones to record the insects' calls for 1 minute, and ...

Katydids join the chorus of nighttime sounds on hot summer nights in Missouri. Listen for their raspy mating calls from treetop perches this week. If you’ve stepped out to enjoy the night air lately, ...

The mid-summer lull in nature noise is about to come to an end. Crickets, katydids, grasshoppers and cicadas are about to take up their part of the annual outdoor orchestral. They’ll begin ...