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Credit: UC Riverside
The Eastern U.S. is about to see something that hasn t happened since the final episode of Friends aired on NBC: massive swarms of Brood X cicadas.
Senior museum scientist Doug Yanega holds a collection of Southeast Asian cicadas at the Entomology Research Museum at UC Riverside.
Credit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside
Billions of the red-eyed, black-bodied insects are taking to the skies after 17 years underground, buzzing loudly to attract mates before they die. Not only is the spectacle of periodical cicadas unique in this country it’s unique in the world, and biologists don’t really know why it happens.
Will Murder Hornets Resurface? Washington, Canada Teaming Up Against The Invasive Species
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Authorities are still working to eradicate the invasive species
Citizen science plays an important role in the effort
Amid concerns about a possible resurgence of murder hornets, U.S. agencies are teaming up with Canadian authorities to eradicate the invasive species.
Asian giant hornets, nicknamed murder hornets, made headlines last year after they were sighted in Washington. By October, experts were able to destroy the first known murder hornet nest in the U.S. But the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) had warned that it was