NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — “Zombie Cicadas” may sound like something from a bad science fiction movie, but a parasitic fungus is infecting periodical cicadas. The infection looks gruesome, with large ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A zombie cicada fungus, _Massospora cicadina_, has consumed the rear end of this periodical cicada, replacing it with a 'plug' of ...

MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Murder hornets have had their time in the spotlight. Now, scientists say they've discovered “zombie cicadas.” It's a playful name from researchers at West Virginia University, who ...

A fungal disease could soon bring infected cicadas to your backyard. Massospora cicadina is a fungal pathogen that infects only 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas, like this year's Brood XIV. Sign up ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — A sexually transmitted disease that is said to turn cicadas into “zombies” and causes their genitals to fall off has been detected in southern parts of Illinois and is spreading ...

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, ...

The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren't just plentiful, they're downright weird. These insects are the strongest urinators in the animal kingdom with ...