This year, eastern North America is buzzing with one of nature’s most jaw-dropping spectacles: Brood XIV periodical cicadas.

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Trees looking a bit brown in places? It's probably the 17-year cicadas laying eggs. What you need to know about flagging, and ...

YES, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THEIR BUZZ HERE ON CAPE COD. ONE OF THE MAIN SPOTS TO FIND THESE 17 YEAR CICADAS IN OUR AREA ...

If the cicadas aren’t enough, now you’ve got to watch your step for copperheads and rattlesnakes. Here’s what’s really going on in your backyard and how to stay safe.

The much-heralded Brood XIV 17-year cicadas have finally arrived. Have they been serenading you? If you’re in the emergence ...

There is a lot scientists don't understand about mercury — namely, how it becomes its most toxic form and why our bodies ...

A team of scientists from the Hopkirk Research Institute, the New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre, and ...

Cicadas have started emerging and are expected to come in swarms in the next few weeks in North Carolina. While some cicadas ...

and along with the noise comes cicada pee — a lot of it. The food cicadas eat is 95% water and they need to eat a lot of it, leading to plenty of cicada pee. Cicadas pee in a powerful stream ...

Silk worms are pictured here at a night market during Jenna Jadin's trip to Kratie, Cambodia in 2019 to study human consumption of insects as food. Entomophagy, or the intentional ...

cicadas are harmless to people and pets, according to ODNR. They are also a valuable food source for native wildlife, including birds, mammals and fish. While egg-laying by female cicadas can cause ...