Cicadas can survive a superstorm — but not changes wrought by humans[ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:41:48 GMT ]The march of the cicadas is hitting prime time on the East Coast, and that means researchers are getting their best opportunities to study how the burrowing insects have weathered the past 17 years. They're finding some amazing comebacks, and some puzzling absences as well.Over the past few weeks, billions of cicadas have been rising out of the ground, over a swath of territory ranging from Georgi...