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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. By studying the physical characteristics of these grasshoppers, from the shapes and sizes to the colors of their body parts, the researcher found ...

Almost 400 native species of grasshoppers inhabit the Western United States, though only a small fraction (about 12 species) are considered pests. Grasshoppers compete with cattle and other herbivores ...

A collaboration between Princeton University engineers and entomologists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign began ...