Brood X cicadas are beginning to emerge across the country but they won't be here for long. As soil temperatures inch closer to 64 degrees, more cicadas will come up from the ground, shed their skins ...

Much of the eastern United States can prepare for what one entomologist described as a "spectacular, macabre Mardi Gras" this spring. The event Jonathan Larson, an extension entomologist at the ...

The passenger pigeon once darkened the skies over the Midwest (they went extinct in 1914). A swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts once covered over 198,000 square miles (they went extinct in 1902). But ...

In the wake of North America’s recent solar eclipse, another historic natural event is on the horizon. From late April through June 2024, the largest brood of 13-year cicadas, known as Brood XIX, will ...

Trillions of insects are emerging from the ground to make racket, buzz around and breed. It’s not a bad dream. Or a bad Hollywood script. They are cicadas, and their song — that deep, raspy hum coming ...

Their parents passed away thirteen, or maybe seventeen, years ago. They grow up alone, hidden in tunnels of their own making, nursing from the rootlets of trees. In those narrow tunnels, they go ...

Around Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded species of cicada in Australia, almost no area of the country is untouched by their song. Up to 800 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As July passes into August, the tips of broadleaf tree branches all ...