Diego Miró-Rivera has always been drawn to objects and spaces that others overlook. Cigarette butts, chunks of melting snow, and Texas mountain laurel seeds are among the materials the Austin artist ...

A cicada molts its shell in this file photo. Billions of them are set to emerge this summer with Kentucky at the epicenter. Misty Zban/provided Cicada Brood XIV, also known as the “Bourbon Brood” for ...

In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is a biological process of transformation undergone by many creatures in the ...

Whether you're ready or not, the cicadas have arrived. However, peak emergence hasn't occurred quite yet. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County posted a picture on Facebook Monday, showing ...

CHICAGO — Cicadas are now past their peak in Chicagoland and will soon be gone for good. Many of the locations across the area that were flooded with cicadas for weeks are starting to notice a lack of ...

"I can’t go on a walk without a lil crunch crunch under my feet," One Reddit user posted to the Cincinnati subreddit. The cicada invasion is underway in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. And the 17-year ...

While parts of the U.S. are already seeing cicadas emerging in dramatic numbers, in the Chicago area, some are seeing early signs of an emergence, while others have remained relatively quiet. So, is ...

Say what you will about the ongoing cicada invasion but for kids, it’s been one big science lesson in real life. Take 12-year-old Lily Hurley for example. She wants to be outside as much as she can to ...

We study the bark of each and every tree in the yard. Gianna, 4, takes the lead, while Makayla, 2, follows. Today we strike it rich, finding five cicada shells which Grandma places carefully in a zip ...