Grasshoppers feed on a wide range of plants and other organic material (e.g., detritus, dung, dead insects, etc.). Some species of grasshoppers can reach high densities, concentrate their feeding on ...

The Pictured Grasshopper, also known as the Rainbow or Painted Grasshopper, is one of the few grasshopper species exhibiting warning coloration of red and yellow to signal its unpalatability to ...

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 ...

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 ...