An insect phenomenon that has been 17 years in the making has finally arrived. Temperatures are warm enough for parts of the eastern United States to start seeing the emergence of Brood XIV periodical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of periodical cicadas on a shrub. (Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph University) For the first time in 17 years, a certain ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A summertime serenade you may have already heard this year, cicadas are known for the buzzing noise they create. This distinct sound plays a huge role in the life of a cicada.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Get ready for the sounds of a certain noisy, pesky insect. Cicadas are returning to a portion of the Miami Valley. A map from the University of Connecticut shows cicadas from ...

Ah, the sweet summer song of cicadas buzzing... and buzzing... and oh my GOODNESS, when will they stop buzzing?! As Dr. Reinhard Lakes-Harlan at the University of Giessen explains it, “Only the males ...

In April 2004, "Mean Girls" was playing in theaters and "Yeah!" by Usher was topping the Billboard music charts. At the same time, around the mid-Atlantic region, small holes in the ground were ...

Certain sounds of nature are just unmistakable. A Carolina wren in the pre-dawn hours. Spring peepers on a warm April evening. Or an owl hooting late at night. The warmer days ahead are also filled ...

This spring, as the soil warms, a cohort of cicada nymphs that has been living amid tree roots for 17 years is due to begin tunneling toward the surface. In decades past the emergence of a cicada ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Brood XIV, one of the largest broods of 17-year periodical cicadas, is emerging from the soil in massive numbers with their signature buzzing chorus. The insects will blanket ...

An adult cicada with large red eyes perches at the top of a daylily in Menifee County. George Campbell George Campbell Cicadas are on the move in central Kentucky and beyond as they emerge across the ...

As temperatures rise, Brood XIV cicadas have already been spotted in some areas around Cincinnati, with more expected across Southwest Ohio throughout May and into June. Are you hoping to spot some of ...