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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Essay celebrates the musicality of Earth’s insect singers. 2. Katydids - All Night Long. Naturalist and sound recordist Wil Hershberger hunts the sounds and songs of a multitude of North America's ...

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 ...