CHICAGO — While some areas are awash with the incessant, buzzing sound of the male cicada seeking a mate, other areas are silent. Whether that’s a disappointment or a relief is a personal preference, ...

The cicadas are coming. The red-eyed bugs with Broods XIII and Broods XIX are expected to emerge shortly, blanketing huge swaths of the country from Missouri to Illinois. The last time so many cicadas ...

Cicadas are all the buzz right now. That’s because trillions — yes, trillions — of these noisy insects have been surfacing across the country thanks to a rare double brood that’s emerging from the ...

After weeks of hearing the near-constant noise from the periodical cicadas that have emerged in nearly 20 states this year, you may soon be hearing a lot more silence. After spending 13 or 17 years ...

Homeowners may be seeing some lingering effects of last year’s 17-year cicada emergence in smaller branches of trees, but ...

Cicadas have started to emerge around Cincinnati this year. This brood of cicadas is XIV (14), the latest brood of 17-year cicadas to emerge. Cincinnati, Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and ...

As Illinois awaits a massive, rare double-brood emergence of cicadas, entomological research shows that the insects may come earlier. This year, two 'periodical' cicada species—Brood XIII and Brood ...

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Illinoisans are getting creative with the cicada explosion many are currently experiencing, including one woman who photographed a hilarious "day in the life" of a cicada. Rhonda Stearns Adair took to ...

Explore the fascinating world of cicada shells up close in this captivating macro video. Discover the intricate details and textures of these exoskeletons, often left behind by cicadas during molting.

If you feel yourself besieged in the coming days, with cicadas whirring overhead, crunching underfoot and shrilling from the treetops, you may have yourself to blame, at least in part. A nice house in ...

The red-eyed bugs with Broods XIII and Broods XIX are expected to emerge shortly, blanketing huge swaths of the country from Missouri to Illinois.... Comic video features humans reenacting cicada life ...