The 17-year cicadas hope that their song will attract the attention of able-bodied females to mate, but those with human ears, most are less than impressed. Magicicadas have emerged again with the ...

A cicada is visible emerging from its former shell. Th shell iis attached to a tree trunk and is tawny. The emerging cicada is pale pistachio green with light brown accents and a dark round eye. The ...

Following a career spent studying the behavior and biology of periodical cicadas, Gene Kritsky, Ph.D.—professor emeritus of biology at Mount St. Joseph University and chief science officer for the ...