The teeny-tiny device kept the Peruvian jumping stick's "neck" from flopping around, per the zoo Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned ...

If you’ve ever wondered whether our planet hosts jumping bugs, look no more! We’ve compiled a list of commonly found bugs that can jump. Fleas have simple eyespots with biconvex lens; some species don ...

HOUSTON — An alert keeper in the Houston Zoo's Bug House recently noticed that a grasshopper was having trouble holding its head level. When the Peruvian jumping stick, which are stick-like ...

I happened to see a grasshopper leap over an entire picnic table. If I were to make the equivalent jump, I'd launch myself over the pavilion. Grasshopper power, as the Wild Kratts would say. I ...

Grasshoppers may have some people hopping mad before summer's end. The high-jumping insects feed on almost anything green and can destroy everything from lush pasture to a prized rose bush in a matter ...