Scientists have rediscovered an endangered grasshopper species in KwaZulu-Natal, underscoring the importance of small ...

This immaculately camouflaged grasshopper was last seen in 1946. Appalachian field zoologist Andrew Rapp has been finding and identifying grasshoppers for years. As The News & Observer reported, he ...

Who knew there were more grasshopper species in Florida? Derek Woller did, and he found them. Why are grasshoppers important?

The Monte Gordo grasshopper (Eyprepocprifas insularis) has proved to be a rare and elusive species: its last, and, until now, the only sighting was a single specimen found in 1980. This is why ...

In 1980, a single male grasshopper was collected on the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde. No one knew then that this moment would mark the only sighting of a species that would soon be considered ...

Invasive species can cause all kinds of problems, from outcompeting native animals to wiping out crops and causing massive ...

Pictured is Agroecotettix silverheelsi, a newly described grasshopper from Texas named in honor of Jay Silverheels, an early Native American actor. Mississippi State’s JoVonn Hill, director of the ...

Zoologist Andrew Rapp spent four hours hunched over looking through brush and scouring the short grass on the side of the road until he locked eyes with a creature once believed to be extinct. He had ...

Have you ever watched a grasshopper jumping from plant to plant in a field? Maybe you’ve seen a grasshopper sitting on a flower in your backyard garden. It’s definitely not unusual, considering there ...