"When cicadas die at the end of the season, their bodies, which accumulate at the base of trees, provide important nutrients for the trees," she says. What's next: Louisiana features more ...

The double emergence of Brood XIX and Brood XIII in multiple states this year will be the first time since 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president.

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves, when they will plague several regions on the East Coast with swarms of insects that ...