PRINCETON, New Jersey -- Would you eat a cicada? Some high school students in Princeton, New Jersey are using the Brood X cicada emergence to spread the word about the benefits of eating insects. The ...

It's starting! Brood XIV (as in 14) cicadas have begun to emerge in parts of Cincinnati, and it's only the beginning. This spring, Brood XIV, is expected to emerge in numbers around the lower billions ...

Cicadas are getting ready to descend on Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio like a plague of locusts. The latest 17-year brood, Brood XIV, may only be a couple of weeks away from emerging this spring. When ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After 17 years underground, Brood XIV ...

Grilled cicada skewers with some cicadas catching on fire on the grill during Cicadafest at Dr. Jim Duke’s Green Farmacy Garden on May 22, 2021 in Fulton, Maryland. When Cortni Borgerson thinks about ...

And finally today, if you are on the East Coast, you already know. They seem to be everywhere. I'm talking about the cicadas of Brood 10, those red-eyed bugs that emerge from the ground every 17 years ...

You’ve heard of the Brood X cicadas that have emerged after 17 years underground — maybe you’ve even heard them singing in your own yard. But have you thought of eating them? Storm Team4 Chief ...

With a 17-year cicada emergence coming soon, some members of the Western North Carolina community may have questions. WNC didn't see much beyond the usual annual "dog day" cicadas in 2024, despite the ...

As over a trillion periodical cicadas prepare to emerge from the ground this spring, some questions also arise. Especially, "What will all these insects eat?" Thankfully, perhaps, the loud, buzzing, ...