Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trillions of cicadas will emerge across several U.S. states this spring in an event one expert dubbed "cicada-geddon." Not only ...

Massospora cicadina’s lifecycle is so closely linked to periodical cicadas, that it waits 17 years to hijack its sex life — then spreads by turning them into walking spore bombs. Every 13 or 17 years, ...

When male cicadas are infected with Massospora, they exhibit both male and female mating behavior: singing to attract females and flicking their wings to attract males. Nature Picture Library / Alamy ...

Trillions of cicadas from two different broods are emerging simultaneously in the United States for the first time since 1803. This rare double emergence is drawing attention to a mind-bending fungus ...

This spring, billions of cicadas will emerge after more than a decade underground, ready to climb into the trees and make a ruckus as they sing to attract mates. But some of these insects won't ...

After a 17-year hiatus, the cicadas are back together, once again serenading the southeast U.S. with their shrill melodies while they do what they do best: mate. However, lurking behind the scenes of ...

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Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive to both sexes. With a plug of yellow spores where its abdomen used to be, ...

A research paper on the existence of 'zombie semis' infected with Massospora was published in PLOS Pathogens, a peer-reviewed open access journal. Zombie cicadas infected with Massospora bacteria will ...