Cicadas likely developed this evolutionary strategy to avoid predators. Using prime numbers for their emergence makes it ...

Whether you find cicadas captivating or cringeworthy, you probably have one nagging question: Will my yard look the same once they've come and gone?

For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels ...

but damage can be mitigated by using cicada nets. Despite this, "their emergence tunnels in the ground act as a natural aeration of the soil" and "provide a food bonanza to all sorts of predators ...

“If it gets too small, the predators will eat them all and that will stop their populations.” Cicadas — big-eyed, winged insects that are typically around two inches long and are members of ...

One can imagine how much of a bummer that is for a late cicada, then eagerly gobbled up by predators before they get a chance to mate. This year, parts of neighboring states will see cicada Brood ...