Eoplatypleura messelensis is the oldest known true cicada ever identified in Europe. For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been identified from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messel ...

Tell a cicada that the suffrage has been extended to women, or that mankind is developing rocket boosters capable of getting colonists to Mars, and it means nothing. They’re just here to mate.

If the cicadas aren’t enough, now you’ve got to watch your step for copperheads and rattlesnakes. Here’s what’s really going on in your backyard and how to stay safe.

If the cicadas aren’t enough, now you’ve got to watch your step for copperheads and rattlesnakes. Here’s what’s really going on in your backyard and how to stay safe.

A Brood XIV 17-year cicada in Falmouth, MA, in May 2025. The much-heralded Brood XIV 17-year cicadas have finally arrived. Have they been serenading you? If you’re in the emergence zone, this is ...

DANVILLE, Ky. — Cicadas have been making a lot of noise across Kentucky, and that sound is music to the ears of some researchers in the state. This summer's Bourbon Brood of cicadas marked the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Cicadas have been all the buzz in our area for the last few weeks, but now another bug is taking over Kentucky. The cicada killer wasp is emerging from their underground ...

There is a lot scientists don't understand about mercury — namely, how it becomes its most toxic form and why our bodies don't get rid of it. Researchers with the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

In fact, the Bible never mentions cicadas at all. There are some species of cicadas in the regions where biblical events occurred (the Middle East, Africa), so cicadas presumably existed in biblical ...

The cicada in question — who got away before he or she could be taken in to account for the reckless endangerment — caused a car crash after flying in through the unsuspecting victim’s window.

Photo: Anne Danahy / WPSU After a lesson on cicadas’ life cycle, it was time to find more of them. “Let’s see if we can take a walk over and check out these cicadas up close,” White said. And with ...