Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Cicadas are known for emerging in the billions. These groups ...

Little insects pee in droplets. But it turns out that cicadas pee in jets — and why and how they do it could help scientists better understand microfluidics and advance all kinds of technologies. This ...

This spring and summer, across the Midwest and Southeast United States, cicadas will crawl out of their underground burrows by the trillions to mate — due to two different broods of these wingèd ...