In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is a biological process of transformation undergone by many creatures in the ...

Diego Miró-Rivera has always been drawn to objects and spaces that others overlook. Cigarette butts, chunks of melting snow, and Texas mountain laurel seeds are among the materials the Austin artist ...

Cicadas are taking over Cincinnati and southern Ohio, and if you can't stand looking at the shells, we've got some cleanup tips for you. Cicada shells can help fertilize your lawn when added to ...

We study the bark of each and every tree in the yard. Gianna, 4, takes the lead, while Makayla, 2, follows. Today we strike it rich, finding five cicada shells which Grandma places carefully in a zip ...

CYNTHIANA — Eight inches below ground, a buggy bomb ticks away. Millions of periodical cicadas bide their time, feasting on tree roots and counting the years. They don’t wear watches or keep calendars ...

They have been around for weeks, eerily and loudly calling out, making a mess and peeing on everything. Millions if not billions of 17-year cicadas have emerged in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. So, ...

MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) - Erica Jones and Abe Jensen hope to set a world record, though the kids from Marshall aren't sure anyone keeps records on their kind of shell collecting. The elementary school ...

If you feel yourself besieged in the coming days, with cicadas whirring overhead, crunching underfoot and shrilling from the treetops, you may have yourself to blame, at least in part. A nice house in ...

"I can’t go on a walk without a lil crunch crunch under my feet," One Reddit user posted to the Cincinnati subreddit. The cicada invasion is underway in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. And the 17-year ...

Periodical cicadas, Brood XIV, emerge in parts of the eastern U.S. every 17 years. Scientists study cicadas to understand their unique life cycle, timekeeping abilities, and response to climate change ...