As periodical cicadas emerge from the ground across the eastern U.S., some might be infected by a bizarre parasitic fungus that hijacks the brains of the insects, manipulating them so that they try ...

This spring, Brood XIII and Brood XIX of periodical cicadas will emerge together for the first time since 1803. JanetandPhil via Flickr under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Billions of cicadas from two ...

There is nothing romantic about how bed bugs mate. In this video short, learn how these insects reproduce, and discover how female bed bugs have evolved to cope with an, er, irregular form of ...

When male cicadas are infected with Massospora, they exhibit both male and female mating behavior: singing to attract females and flicking their wings to attract males. Nature Picture Library / Alamy ...