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Press-Republican Nurse Gail Lautenschuetz draws a dose of coronavirus vaccine Feb. 25 at the North Country Community College gym in Saranac Lake. (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo) PLATTSBURGH — Though mass vaccination sites in Plattsburgh and Potsdam are not currently booking first-dose appointments as far out as those in more populated areas, they are not closing. “We’re tracking supply and demand on a daily basis, and will continue to monitor those trends and make adjustments accordingly,” state Department of Health Public Information Officer Samantha Fuld told the Press-Re...

Listen Closely to the Cicadas. They’re Telling Us Something. Periodical cicadas were born out of crisis. Now we’ve created a crisis they may not survive. Illustration by Valerie Chiang They went to ground as John Kerry was “reporting for duty” at the Democratic National Convention, deftly avoiding the release of Princess Diaries 2 a few weeks later. They’ve missed the launch of Twitter, the birth of the gig economy, and Brexit. Now, after 17 years sipping tree roots in the soils of North America’s deciduous forests, billions of cicadas are reemerging into a world dramatically alt...

Brood X is almost here. Billions of cicadas to emerge in eastern US Love is in the air this spring in the eastern United States, where billions of cicadas will soon appear in the biggest emergence event since 2004. The insects are part of a group called Brood X — also known as the Great Eastern Brood — which is expected in a geographical range stretching from Tennessee to New York. These cicadas have been subterranean for 17 years, tunneling and feeding beneath the soil. When they are back above ground, finding a mate will be, understandably, a top priority. The loud, buzzing drone cicada...

When the temperature is right, those nymphs will leave their holes and make their way back to the bark of the nearby tree to shed their skin, a kind of sheddable exoskeleton known as an exuvia. In their soft, whitish post-shedding form, the cicadas will wait for their new adult skin to harden and darken to their signature black. The cicadas are highly vulnerable during time (it usually takes 30 minutes to an hour), and should be avoided to make sure they survive the process. Be a bug tracker Under optimal conditions, there may be as many as 1.5 million cicadas on a single acre of land. How co...

Deseret News Don’t forget — the Brood X cicadas are set to hit the United States soon Share this story Keith Srakocic, Associated Press The Brood X — a group of cicadas that emerge every 17 years — is set to arrive in the United States in the near future, according to CNN. As I wrote for the Deseret News, Brood X, or the Great Eastern Brood, is coming back this year, sending billions of cicadas across the country — primarily in the Eastern part of the country. Cicadas — “large, winged, kind of scary-looking but mostly harmless flying insects,” according to USA Today — are k...