Cicadas: The dormant army beneath your feet
2:30 · Rose Eveleth · 2021-05-13
Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to molt, mate and die. Adult cicadas only live a few weeks above ground, but you'd be hard pressed to ignore them -- they are extremely loud! Rose Eveleth explains everything you need to know about these noisy insects, admitting that there's still some things we just don't understand. [Directed by Eli Enigenburg, narrated by Rose Eveleth, music by Kevin MacLeod].