A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body ...

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

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

Brood X cicadas molt one final time as they emerge, leaving exoskeleton remnants on trees and other vertical surfaces. As with all these photos, these were taken in Maryland in 2004.

Periodical cicadas have emerged in Central Pa. In some places, including Bald Eagle State Park in Centre County, they're out in force.

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

Cicadas are causing chaos at Kings Island and being blamed in car crashes. A map shows where they have been the worst. Plus ...

Summer also spotted cicadas hanging upside down on a horizontal fence post next to their shed exoskeletons. The cicadas were likely trying to fan out their wings, much like a butterfly does after ...

When cicadas first emerge from the ground, their first instinct is to climb and use gravity for help shedding their nymphal exoskeletons. Typically, they’ll use trees or fence posts, or even ...

A fungal disease could soon bring infected cicadas to your backyard. Skip to content. NOWCAST WLWT News 5 at Noon. ... They shed their exoskeletons, attach themselves to branches, ...

Millions of cicadas are finally awakening after their 17-year slumber. ... They’ll shed their exoskeletons, attach themselves to branches, mate and lay eggs before dying off in about six weeks.