Carole Will McDonald didn't think she would find a blue-eyed cicada when she went looking for one in her front yard in Niles. It was a one-in-a-million shot, she understood, to find one amidst its red-eyed brethren in a sea ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2024
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During an afternoon stroll around Morton Arboretum, near Chicago, Maria Malayter's Apple Watch buzzed twice with an unusual notification. The screen warned her of a "loud environment" with sound levels reaching 90 decibels ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2024
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With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus.
Ecology
Jun 19, 2024
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Mayumi Barrack sees a pair of mating periodical cicadas getting together, whips out her phone, says, "Hi guys!" and takes their picture.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2024
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The most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound—an eerie, amazingly loud song that gets in a person's ears and won't let much else in.
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2024
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Cicadas seem to be everywhere these days.
Ecology
Jun 3, 2024
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With rich reds, gentle greens and basic blacks, Nature's screaming, crawling artwork is the epitome of rare beauty—at least in the eyes of some beholders. To others, it may seem just creepy.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2024
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It's official, Chicagoland. Periodical cicadas have arrived.
Ecology
May 20, 2024
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Every year, when spring bleeds into summer, the desert heat awakes a chorus of Las Vegas singers that rival any residency you'll find on the Strip—cicadas.
Ecology
Apr 29, 2024
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They're loud. They're sexually aroused. And for one special, cacophonous month up to a trillion of them will engulf suburbs and woodlands across America.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2024
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