There are 15 broods of periodical cicadas in the eastern and central U.S., each one on a different 13-year or 17-year life ...

That was before Food Network nutrition consultant Toby Amidor advised against the Bear Grylls approach because of the pathogens cicadas can pick up. Instead, she recommended buying them from a ...

a neuroscience professor at Bar-Ilan University in Israel who explores exotic kosher food on the side, locusts are kosher (despite their starring role in the Ten Plagues), but cicadas are not.

"People who are looking for alternative sources of animal protein shouldn't rule out cicadas," sustainable food expert Jessica Lanzo recently said in an article from Johns Hopkins University.

Cicadas are a valuable food source for birds and other predators. Cicadas can aerate lawns and improve water filtration into ...