In a world where most toddlers prefer a doll or toy truck, one little girl wants everything for her collection of cicada shells.

For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels ...

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Researchers said the species was “abundant” but “difficult to capture” as it evaded their light traps in the tree canopy.

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As the winter chill thaws and spring sets in, eastern United States residents are bracing for the sights and sounds of Brood XIV cicadas. These periodical cicadas, which last appeared in 2008 ...

All it'll take is a nice, warm rain in New Jersey to trigger millions of cicadas to emerge from the soil and into our backyards. Their presence noted with the signature "buzz" as they stretch ...

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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Although the largest cicada brood in West Virginia won’t return until 2033, some counties will see cicadas from Brood XIV, which emerges in 2025. Brood XIV is more spread ...

The Brood XIV cicadas are set to emerge in North Carolina sometime in late April or early May, Kelly Oten, an assistant professor of forestry and environmental resources at N.C. State University ...