Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.

A family-owned northwest Texas winery with a nearly 30-year legacy has uncorked a new location in the Hill Country. Reddy ...

The closest place to Rhode Island to witness the emergence of periodical cicadas is Cape Cod, where Brood XIV is expected to ...

For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels in preparation for their 2025 coming-out party.

These visitors are actually much louder than our human guests. Cicadas are a type of insect, like bees, butterflies, and beetles (and indeed, most animals). There are over 3,000 species across the ...

Cicadas are noisy insects that are often a sure sign spring has sprung and summer is near as they make their presence known to neighbors with a loud buzzing sound. Which brood of cicadas is ...

Cicadas will be returning to Kentucky this spring. This year, cicadas from Brood XIV will be seen – and heard – in 13 states, Gene Kritsky, founder of Cicada Safari told USA TODAY a group ...

West Virginia is buzzing as the long-awaited Brood XIV cicadas begin to emerge from their subterranean hideouts. After 17 years of development underground, the creatures will soon be making their ...

It's about to get loud in New York. The cicadas are coming. Brood XIV, the second largest periodical cicada brood will be singing in parts of 13 states, including New York. The University of ...

Cicada season is upon us, and what brings up grateful feelings for warm weather in some may bring up symptoms of entomophobia in others. Luckily for those afraid of insects, Delaware is not ...