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Sex-crazed cicada Brood XIV will be emerging from their subterranean sleep pods extra hungry for love thanks to the spread of ...

As spring warms the eastern U.S. and green shoots peek from the ground, other forms of life stir in the soil. Periodical ...

Periodical 17-year cicadas in Brood XIV—one of 15 broods found only in North America—begin to creep from their underground burrows. When M. cicadina infects adults, it produces durable, thick-walled ...

Cicadas don’t bite or sting and are more of a nuisance than a danger. Cicadas aren't poisonous if a pet ingests a few. But ...

Cicadas don’t bite or sting and are more of a nuisance than a danger. Cicadas aren't poisonous if a pet ingests a few. But eating too many could lead to an upset stomach, vomiting, or diarrhea, ...

When The Last of Us first appeared on screens, it wasn't only the story that had viewers in its clutches — it was the horrifying possibility: What if this really did happen? A world where a fungal mut ...

Enormous red-eyed insects are swarming a dozen states this spring for a sex-filled rampage after emerging for the first time ...

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In fact, they can even help us: one species of cordyceps has been used as a traditional medicine in China for thousands of years, and others are used to control insect pests. Read More: How a ...