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Arboretum in short hills, new jersey are, getting their first glimpse at one of the marvels of nature. >> i see a lot of holes. oh, you found one! >> theyre disgusting! >> reporter: like clockwork, the cicadas, who belong to what scientists call brood 2, are digging their way out. >> so this is a cicada hole and there is a cicada nynph. he has studied the life cycle of cicadas for 20 years. >> they synchronize their development, and they have long life cycles and when they come out they come out...

To chicken, pork, fish and beef. the report says theyre a sustainable source of protein. we should quickly add while bugs are not for everyone, insects are already in the diet of an estimated 2 billion people worldwide and components are used in things already like food coloring. and finally, its certainly ruined now. a construction crew in belize needed crushed rock for a road project, so they clawed away at an ancient mayan pyramid, 2,300 years old. they dug away at it with backhoes. a local...

It guess troyed nearly everything. mike fisher is the emergency manager. >> this was all black. >> moonscape, yeah. just awful. >> fisher is a former fire chief. he lead the firefighters battling the flames. the fire scorched 35,000 acres and destroyed 1600 homes. it clogged the colorado river with debris and drove out wildlife. >> what would it mean to you if this was lost? >> i dont want to think about that. its not an option. >> because? >> because we are going to put it back. >> hes now lead...

Halloween. but farmers love them because they feast on some of the insects that destroy crops. the problem now is that a mysterious fungus is killing the bats by the millions. seth doane has our story. >> this is one of the entrances. >> reporter: cory holliday of the nature conservancy took us to a tennessee cave thats the winter home to 160,000 endangered gray bats that could be extinct within a decade from white nose syndrome. >> this is a wildlife disease. its unprecedented in our history. >...

>> we were under water for quite a long time which is not much fun. >> and now its time to get back into the saddle, sailors hurt when a wave damage their yacht, leaving the bay area. two people found dead outside of a starbucks. why police say theres no threat to the public and why it appears the killer wanted him to be found. ,,

Record rains, record flooding in 2011, and its just may. what will it be next? all were missing is the locusts. well, would you believe the cicadas are coming? they have been living underground for 13 years as part of their life cycle, so it makes perfect sense that this will be the year well have to deal with them, too. kevin tibbles reports tonight on the buzz sweeping the american south. ♪ >> reporter: theyre playing a little louder in the honky-tonk of nashville these days. musicians in th...

National football championship. yet little did they know the pair of 130-year-old live oak trees they historically roll with toilet paper in triumph were under attack, poisoned, police say, by an apparent rival. >> al is in dadeville, alabama. hey, al. >> reporter: police tell nbc news that rival 62-year-old harvey almorn updyke, a supporter of the alabama crimson tide, broadcast his dirty deeds three weeks ago on a national radio call-in show. >> i poisoned the two toomers trees. theyre not dea...

Martha: coming up at the top of the hour, were going to talk to john bolton.