Zoom in far enough on an empress cicada wing, and a strange landscape materializes. At the nanoscale, densely packed spires ...

Beyond the headlines and sometimes dangerous human impacts on their worlds, animals and other creatures persist.

For the first time in over 200 years, two separate cicada groups, or broods, will emerge across the country. Tennessee is one of 17 states that will see trillions of Brood XIII and Brood XIX cicadas.

Have you hit a cicada while driving 50 mph? The bugs leave a messy splatter mark on your vehicle. And when they collide into your windshield at 60-plus mph, there’s an explosion of bug guts that can ...

Diego Miró-Rivera has always been drawn to objects and spaces that others overlook. Cigarette butts, chunks of melting snow, and Texas mountain laurel seeds are among the materials the Austin artist ...

Over the next few weeks, trillions of cicadas will emerge from underground in over a dozen states. Periodical cicadas, the insects famous for their huge numbers and loud noise, are emerging in two ...

Their mating songs can reach up to 90 decibels. In April 2004, "Mean Girls" was playing in theaters and "Yeah!" by Usher was topping the Billboard music charts. At the same time, around the ...

A "cicada killer" wasp that has many people have been recently confusing with the "murder hornet." Getty Images/Minden Pictures RM They got the wrong guy. Scores of East Coast residents have been ...

The spring of 2021 will bring the emergence of Cicada Brood X, a 17-year periodical cicada. These cicadas will number in the billions and will emerge across 15 states, including Indiana. With billions ...