My life on the cicada beat: How we reported on the historic insect emergence in Illinois in 2024
The 17-year and 13-year periodical cicadas returned to the Chicago area this year, and I became the Sun-Times' de facto ...
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I’m Sorry To Be The One To Tell You: That’s Not Summer Rain, You’re Walking Through Cicada Piss
According to science magazine Scientific American, cicadas are able to spray out their piss at an insane high-speed velocity reminiscent of some mammals. This is not only very impressive, but vastly ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation4d
Why cicadas seem so much louder this year
Dr Michael Elias, an affiliate with CSIRO's Australian National Insect Collection, said it just came down to there being more cicadas this year. "That's most likely because of the weather ...
Couriermail15d
Reason cicadas sound so much noisier this year
Summer means a lot of things: hot weather, long nights and loud cicadas. And those noisy insects seem to be turning up the decibels this year. You’re not alone in thinking the cicadas are louder ...
‘Murder Hornet’ Has Been Eradicated From the U.S., Officials Say
The hornet was discovered in a corner of Washington State. Five years later, a massive mobilization has eliminated the ...
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Ezzell's latest art project is out of this world
It is the new art project of local artist and lawyer Ben Ezzell. It is avant-garde, which means in this case, innovative with ...