In their paper, published in Science Advances, the group examined evolutional changes in more than 80 species of cicada wings ...

For years, researchers knew that cicada wings had unique properties, including shedding water and debris. In 2012, researchers in Australia found that the cells killed bacteria as well.

Cicadas are members of the superfamily Cicadoidea and are physically distinguished by their stout bodies, broad heads, clear-membraned wings, and large compound eyes. There are more than 3,000 ...

Artist Diego Miró-Rivera climbed hundreds of trees to gather exoskeletons during the “cicada apocalypse," later collaging ...