Two broods of cicadas are emerging in big numbers in the United States after a long nap. Feels like a special occasion, although it turns out that many creatures do something like this, go dormant as ...

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 ...

Cicadas are the talk of the town in many states in the country. Here's a closer look at the life cycle of cicadas, some of their attributes and answers to common questions. Yes and no. Annual cicadas ...

Periodical cicadas have one of the strangest life cycles in the animal kingdom. The 17-year cicadas spend 99.5% of their lives underground in an undeveloped nymph state, which is the longest strictly ...

I’ve been brooding lately. I suppose reading about periodical cicadas will do that to you. If you’ve missed out, the long and short of it is this: after living 17 years while burrowed underneath trees ...

Seth Borenstein, Carolyn Kaster, Marshall Ritzel and Kathy Young teamed up, using creativity, tenacity and multiformat collaboration to bring a fresh perspective to a widely covered natural phenomenon ...

Two cicada broods are emerging in historic numbers in the U.S. after a very long nap. We'll learn about other creatures that go dormant as part of their normal life cycle. Two broods of cicadas are ...