In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is a biological process of transformation undergone by many creatures in the ...

Diego Miró-Rivera has always been drawn to objects and spaces that others overlook. Cigarette butts, chunks of melting snow, and Texas mountain laurel seeds are among the materials the Austin artist ...

On July 13, 2025, a cicada's emergence was filmed in Hubei, central China. The insect shed its golden shell on tree bark, revealing delicate blue wings. Viewers praised the scene as a stunning symbol ...

A soft white adult cicada molts out of its nymphal shell on a tree along the North Branch of the Chicago River in Skokie, May 30, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) ...

On July 13, 2025, a cicada's emergence was filmed in Hubei, central China. The insect shed its golden shell on tree bark, revealing delicate blue wings. Viewers praised the scene as a stunning symbol ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Those with a thirst for cicadas ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...