Some of the cicadas temporarily overtaking parts of the eastern and southern U.S. are turning into sex-crazed “zombies,” thanks to a fungus that tears off their genitals but drives them to ...

2024 cicada map: Where to find Broods XIII, XIX this year. The two cicada broods were projected to emerge in a combined 17 states across the South and Midwest.

It fills an infected cicada's abdomen and then emerges out of its back end like this chalky white gum drop. Or at least that's how Matt Kasson described it. He's a fungi scientist.

Green mold on trees? Hearing cicadas? Missing lightning bugs? Learn about the latest concerns in central Ohio and get your ...

According to Scientific American, a diversity of parasitic fungi have evolved alongside an estimated 3,000 species of cicadas worldwide. One species, known as "Massospora cicadina," only infects ...

The fungus infects cicada bodies, changes their sexual habits to spread spores and even causes male cicadas to replicate female cicada behavior. To stream 5 On Your Side on your phone, you need ...

A cicada is seen on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Evans, Ga. Lisa J. Adams Wagner / AP Be prepared to get a bit wet The researchers said that cicadas are known to use their jet-stream pee to spray ...

The 17-year periodical Brood XIV cicada, last seen in 2008, will reemerge from the ground in 2025. Tennessee is expected to have one of the largest concentrations of cicadas anywhere in the U.S.

Driver hit a pole after cicada startled them. The crash happened around 1:48 p.m. on June 11 in Blue Ash, a suburb of Cincinnati, according to a crash report obtained by USA TODAY.