Pretty as a picture: Entomologist Tawny Simisky shared a photo of an adult cicada, found May 23 at the Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area in East Falmouth. "The insect was released unharmed," ...

They have been around for weeks, eerily and loudly calling out, making a mess and peeing on everything. Millions if not billions of 17-year cicadas have emerged in Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. So, ...

There's another periodical emergence on the way. After last year’s “cicada-geddon,” where two periodical cicada broods emerged at the same time to wreak noisy havoc on East Coast-homeowners’ yards, ...

They emerge from the ground every 13 or 17 years. — -- Another 17 years have passed for one brood of periodic cicadas -- the time has come for billions to emerge from the ground in deafening ...

In another few weeks, millions of locust-like bugs called cicadas will emerge from 17 years of underground slumber to screech and fly around some 24 counties in central Pennsylvania for about six ...

With a 17-year cicada emergence coming soon, some members of the Western North Carolina community may have questions. WNC didn't see much beyond the usual annual "dog day" cicadas in 2024, despite the ...

They’re back! It’s nearly time for periodical cicadas to emerge in parts of the U.S.. These striking-looking insects are worth learning about because—incredibly—they’re found nowhere else in the world ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After 17 years underground, Brood XIV ...

A periodical cicada. Brood XIV have begun their emergence from the soil. 15 periodical cicada broods exist in the U.S. – the numeral XIV, or fourteen, means it was the 14th brood observed by ...

The 17-year cicadas hope that their song will attract the attention of able-bodied females to mate, but those with human ears, most are less than impressed. Magicicadas have emerged again with the ...

The 17-year cicada emergence is happening on Cape Cod and nearby areas. Cicadas are members of hemiptera, or true bugs. Citizen scientists can join the Cicada Brood XIV count. Woo! Science is a column ...