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Cicadas Are Coming — What Does That Mean for Your Health?

After 17 years underground, an enormous brood of loud, molting cicadas is emerging this spring in parts of the southern and northeastern United States. Cicadas are loud but harmless — they don’t bite, ...

While you sleep, these insects are working hard on the night shift to keep our environment healthy

As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...
The Conversation

Things that go buzz in the night – our global study found there really are more insects out after dark

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Conversation

While you sleep, these insects are working hard on the night shift to keep our environment healthy

Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the Education ...