An expert says pink grasshoppers aren't quite as rare as they seem — and the genetic mutation can be spotted around the world Kelly Wynne has been a TV writer at PEOPLE digital since 2021.

Meet the grasshopper that has reproduced asexually for a quarter of a million years—without acquiring undue numbers of harmful mutations. Dan is a News Editor at The Scientist. He writes and edits for ...

A well-curated collection of local grasshoppers is useful for identification and display. Insect taxonomists often identify species by comparing unknown specimens with identified museum specimens.

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to ...

Some insects are valued for their high protein content and nutritional benefits. From ants to scorpions, here are some edible ...

Oh, so good!” reporter Jen Learn-Andes said after tasting one of the Mini Grasshopper Pies I made this week in the Times ...

Vertebrates comprise the vast majority of species for which an institution's animal care facility (ACF) bears responsibility. Occasionally, though, species without backbones are more suited to a ...

The differential grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas), ranges widely in North America. Originally restricted to tall herbaceous vegetation growing in wet meadows, swales, and creek bottom ...