Pretty as a picture: Entomologist Tawny Simisky shared a photo of an adult cicada, found May 23 at the Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area in East Falmouth. "The insect was released unharmed," ...

The 17-year cicada emergence is happening on Cape Cod and nearby areas. Cicadas are members of hemiptera, or true bugs. Citizen scientists can join the Cicada Brood XIV count. Woo! Science is a column ...