By David Brown In March 2025, biologist Benito Wainwright and his colleagues were searching for katydids — leaf-mimicking ...

In 2025, researchers on Barro Colorado Island in Panama found something that looked almost like a prank played by the rainforest itself: an adult female katydid glowing hot pink under a station light.

A vivid pink adult female Arota festae katydid was observed in Panama, gradually changing to green over 11 days. This remarkable color shift, from bright pink to pastel and finally green, is believed ...