The evolution of insect-eating birds may have spurred rapid changes in the flight ability of ancient cicadas, according to ...

In Ocala National Forest, Florida, a cicada slowly unfurls its wings and expands its body after emerging from its exoskeleton. Photograph By Nicholas Conzone All periodical cicadas in a given year ...

Cicadas are members of the superfamily Cicadoidea and are physically distinguished by their stout bodies, broad heads, clear-membraned wings, and large compound eyes. There are more than 3,000 ...

Periodical cicada adults are around 1-1.5 inches long and have a wingspan roughly twice that length. They can be identified by their black bodies, large red-brown eyes and wings with orange veins ...