As a kid growing up in Virginia, I have vivid memories of the 17-year cicadas. They were enormous, dangerous-looking ...

They look like space aliens, they make a loud buzzing sound and the last time you might have seen one Barack Obama was President of the United States. Cicadas, one of the more unusual insect species ...

Ohio avoided the 2024 cicada double brood emergence but saw millions of cicadas in 2025. They're a clear sign that summer is ...

This spring, Massachusetts residents will see a surge of cicadas, but there will also be other insects of which people should be aware. Soon, the 17-year periodical cicadas, also known as Brood XIV, ...

Sightings have been recorded across much of western North Carolina and Tennessee and as far east as Massachusetts.

The cicadas are coming! The cicadas are coming! Brood XIV is scheduled to begin emerging in Tennessee any day, and whether you react to this news with cheers and fist bumps or fear and loathing ...

The first recorded American sighting of the cicada brood now known as Brood XIV was made by William Bradford, the governor of the Plymouth Colony, in 1634—and he was impressed by what he beheld.

A cicada is a large insect with long transparent wings that makes a loud, shrill droning noise. They spend most of their life underground, until they emerge, mate, reproduce and start the cycle all ...

Mississippians will hear annual, or dog-day, cicadas this year, which emerge every summer. Periodical cicadas, which emerge every 13 or 17 years, are distinct from the annual variety. Mississippi is ...