This spring, as two broods of cicadas emerge in the U.S. in a rare simultaneous event to produce a sound as loud as an airplane’s, people are feeling connected to nature and rejoicing — or covering their ears — as they listen to the song in their backyards. https://nyti.ms/3R4olFf | The New York Times

When billions of cicadas emerge from the ground this spring in the U.S., many will be the unwitting hosts of this fungus that eats them from the inside out and turns them into sex-crazed zombies. The parasitic Massospora fungus is waiting to infect them, take over their bodies, and keep them just alive enough to spread the disease to their mates during reproduction. Find out more: https://on.natgeo.com/3wohv6v | National Geographic