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 ...

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 ...

For the last five years, Dr. JoVonn Hill — a country music fan — and his colleagues have made scientific expeditions to the area. It's an area that's now revealed an extraordinary discovery, as SWNS ...

Journal of Orthoptera Research, Vol. 21, No. 2 (2012), pp. 269-277 (9 pages) Shorthorn grasshoppers (Orthoptera:Acrididae) are the most economically important pests of rangeland throughout much of ...

Nearly 400 species of grasshoppers inhabit the 17 western states. They feed on grasses and weeds and often move to cultivated crops. “Because grasshoppers move into cropland generally from untilled ...

A newly discovered grasshopper by University of Central Florida scientists now bears the name of Grammy-award winning singer and activist Ana Lila Downs Sanchez. The scientists named the new species ...

Distribution Atlas for Grasshoppers and the Mormon Cricket in Wyoming Although the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has conducted rangeland ...

It may seem crazy, but country music legend Willie Nelson now has a new species of grasshoppers named after him. Another country music legend, Jerry Jeff Walker, also had a species named after him, ...