VIRGINIA — The trillions of periodical cicadas emerging later this spring in 16 states, including Virginia, could include some of what experts are calling “zombie cicadas” infected with a ...

Not only are more cicadas than usual expected this year, but some of them will be "zombie cicadas" that are infected by a sexually transmitted fungus that makes them hyper-sexual. Periodical ...

We investigate biology’s long haulers–from seeds to small creatures–who are able to wake up and restart their lives, even after tens of thousands of years. Also, what are those buried 17-year cicadas ...