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June 18, 2021

Periodical cicadas may emerge more frequently: report

The periodical cicadas currently singing across the eastern U.S. may emerge more frequently due to alterations in the insects' life cycles, according to researchers.

June 16, 2021

Dead 'murder hornet' near Seattle is 1st found in US in 2021

Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the country this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday.

June 12, 2021

Brood X cicadas interfere with cars, planes, weather radar

Brood X periodical cicadas have taken over the Eastern U.S., disrupting sleep and even bombarding President Biden on Wednesday as he prepared to board Air Force One.

June 9, 2021

South African honeybee has cloned itself millions of times, study says

A South African subspecies of the honeybee is reportedly able to produce millions of clones of itself.

May 29, 2021

People get creative with art made of cicada shells as summer revs up

Some people have come up with a creative solution for the flood of cicada shells that have cropped up across the country – with monster-inspired art. 

May 27, 2021

Maryland candy store is selling chocolate-covered cicadas: 'Inundated with orders'

The cicadas are coming! In chocolate form, that is.

May 26, 2021

Cicadas are 'peeing' on communities across eastern US: report

Brood X periodical cicadas are reportedly "peeing" on communities around the eastern United States.

May 25, 2021

Georgia county urges residents to stop calling 911 over cicadas

A Georgia county is asking residents to stop calling 911 over the loud-as-a-lawnmower cicadas that have just emerged from a 17-year hibernation.

May 21, 2021

Brood X cicadas hit Washington's Capitol Hill

The periodical cicadas of Brood X have officially arrived on Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill.

May 20, 2021

Get ready for sex-crazed zombie cicadas known as ‘flying salt shakers of death’

A psychedelic fungus that eats away the genitals of cicadas turns them sex-mad to help spread it further — and the zombie insects are reportedly expected among Brood X that is emerging in New York.