The cicadas spend about 99% of their lives underground in a nymph stage. For those in brood XIV, they spent 17 years in the ...

If you're disgusted by cicadas, here's another item for your list. They pee. A lot. And better than some mammals. Here's what ...

If cicada-spotters are patient, they could pinpoint a zombie or two. But even if they don’t find any, the sheer number of periodical cicadas is impressive to behold. With predictions of as many as 1.5 ...

Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event ...

The latest swarm is largest in Georgia, southern Ohio, Kentucky, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and Long Island, New York.

Does your dog enjoy the occasional sky raisin aka cicada? With the cicadas invading Ohio, are dogs safe snacking on screaming ...

The simple answer is, yes. Cicadas can be eaten and people have been doing it for centuries. Native American populations, like the Onondaga Nation, have long viewed the flying insect as a ...

They have spent 17 years as nymphs (wingless, immature versions of themselves) underground, feeding on tree roots. As soon as ...

As it has done every 17 years since, Brood XIV died off just six or so weeks after it emerged, but not before laying billions ...

No, cicadas pee, and unlike most insects, they pee a lot. "[C]icadas are able to pee well above their weight class and produce stronger streams than many mammals," writes Scientific American ...