Billions of crickets will emerge in a rare ‘double brood emergence’, scientists say

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Within a few weeks they will dig their way out of the underground, red eyes twinkling and a deafening song filling the air. It will be a convergence of creatures the likes of which have … Read more

Billions of crickets will emerge in a rare ‘double brood emergence’, scientists say

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Within a few months they will claw their way out of the underground, red eyes twinkling and a deafening song filling the air. It will be a convergence of creatures the likes of which have … Read more

For the first time in 221 years, two cicada broods are emerging together – and they’re meeting in Illinois

Cicada Safari Press, Tyler Le/BI For the first time in 221 years, two broods of periodical cicadas appear at the same time. Broods XIII and XIX overlap in a small part of Illinois, around Chicago. People can help scientists monitor these insects using citizen science apps. 2024 is the year of the cicada apocalypse. That’s … Read more