SciShow
Help, I’ve Lost My Butt!
It feels like for an animal, having one's butt fall off would be pretty bad. But apparently that's not always the worst thing to happen, at least not for these specific animals.
Be Smart
Why Are Cicadas So Good At Math?
Do periodical cicadas "know" how to calculate prime numbers? One of the strangest life cycles in all of biology, explained!
SciShow
THE CICADAS ARE COMING!
Cicadas have developed an amazing strategy for growth, survival, reproduction, and overcoming predation by...doing nothing. They do nothing for years (except sip at the juice excreted from root structures) before emerging in huge,...
SciShow
Why Are Periodical Cicadas So ... Periodical?
Certain cicada species in North America emerge from the ground by the millions every 13 or 17 years. But why those specific intervals? Are cicadas secretly prime-number-loving mathematicians?!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Cicadas: The dormant army beneath your feet - Rose Eveleth
Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to molt, mate and die. Adult cicadas only live a few weeks above ground, but you'd be hard pressed to ignore them -- they are extremely loud! Rose Eveleth explains...
SciShow Kids
The Loudest Bugs in the World
Cicadas are small insects, but they're famous for being one of the loudest animals in the world!
SciShow
Antimicrobials Inspired by Animals
The animal kingdom is diverse, fascinating, and even inspires the medical world!
Bizarre Beasts
These Millipedes Stopped a Train
New ReviewIf I asked you to name an animal that could stop a train, you might guess something big, like an elephant or a bison. Or you might guess a group of smaller animals, like a herd of deer or a flock of geese. But I’m going to need you to...
Professor Dave Explains
Subclass Pterygota Part 2: Cockroaches, Termites, Lice, Cicadas, and More
Continuing through subclass Pterygota, we will examine some other orders of flying insects. This will include termites, cockroaches, termites, fleas, and more.
Curated Video
The Prime Number Code
Why prime numbers are the building blocks of encryption, used for information security, in cash machines and to hide your identity online. Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum....
Curated Video
Primed for Survival
Why do Periodica Cicada only emerge en masse during prime-numbered years? Mathematicians believe it gives the species the best chance of protecting its breed. Maths - Number A Twig Curriculum Film. Delivering key learning points. Get...
Curated Video
A Pattern in the Primes
For centuries, mathematicians have sought to impose order on prime numbers. How far have they managed to do this? Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show...
Next Animation Studio
Brood X: ‘Trillions’ of cicadas to emerge after 17 years
Trillions of cicadas are set to emerge from underground in April or May in 15 states and the District of Columbia
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Husnaa Hashim - 'Honey Sequence'
Husnaa Hashim is the 2017-2018 Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, and author of the poetry collection Honey Sequence. She is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania from West Philadelphia and Gaithersburg, Maryland. Husnaa has...
Barcroft Media
Cicada Emerges From Its Exoskeleton After 7 Years: SNAPPED IN THE WILD
A PULSATING cicada sheds its exoskeleton after living underground as a nymph for seven years. The cyclochila australasian, also knows as the green grocer, is a species of cicada and Australia's most recognised and loudest insect. Taken...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? The 17-Year Cicada.
Learn more about the life cycle of the 17-year cicada.
Next Animation Studio
How some Brood X cicadas are infected with fungus
Thousands of Brood X periodic cicadas could be playing host to a fungus that turns them into spore-shedding “fungal gardens” and transforms their behavior, according to The Washington Post.
Curated Video
Cicadas Are Back to Bug Us All
2025 marks the return of a brood of cicadas, a group of billions that emerge every 17 years.
Curated Video
Giant venomous 'flying' spiders spreading across East Coast
Experts say a giant, venomous spider species that can grow legs up to four inches long has spread throughout the southeastern U.S. and is working its way up the coast. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Map shows where billions of cicadas will soon emerge in the US
It is a rare event for cicadas with a 13-year life cycle and a 17-year life cycle to reach adulthood at the same time.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Bon appetit! DC chef cooks cicada sushi after billion-bug invasion
A leader in the sustainable food movement, chef Bun Lai cooks cicadas to open up conversations about food alternatives that cause less environmental destruction than traditional farming (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
Roving Report 8723E
houses and streets: family having barbeque in garden:
CU locusts on plants, trees and fences: Cincinatti skyline:
people in park: Cicadas coming out of holes in ground: Var
Cus Cicadas: graveyard.
Much of the Eastern United States is...
Curated Video
Cicadas Delay Reporters' Flight From D.C. To U.K.
The swarm of Brood X insects disrupted the plane's mechanics.
Curated Video
App Helps Track Cicadas
Scientists say trillions of the red-eyed black bugs will emerge after 17 years underground.