India’s rare ‘World Cup’ insect appears once every four years, and scientists have now discovered it in a new region |
Image: Ashutosh Kumar/Al Jazeera Every four years, as millions of football fans around the world turn their attention to the FIFA World Cup, a remarkable natural event unfolds in northeast India. A little-known cicada emerges from the ground on an almost identical four-year cycle, earning it the nickname the “World Cup cicada.” First described by…