Enjoy the peace and quiet while you can, because soon cicadas will make their not-so-subtle return. Not only are cicadas returning to the Volunteer State this year but Tennessee is expected to have ...

The cicadas are back – well, some of them. Brood XIV has begun to emerge in some eastern U.S. states. The brood emerges every 17 years, and is considered the second largest periodical cicada brood, ...

Cicadas don’t excrete urine in droplets like most small insects. Instead, they produce powerful jets of fluid, a behavior ...

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BALTIMORE, Md. — In neighborhoods and city parks in parts of the country, Americans are being greeted by the distinct buzzing sound of cicadas emerging after nearly two decades of growing underground.

They’re noisy and they’re disgusting looking. The buzzing sound from the trees is a springtime staple in North Alabama. They dive bomb unsuspecting pedestrians. Their carcasses litter the sidewalk.

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 ...

Every year without fail, cicadas come out of hiding to serenade us with their songs when the North Carolina weather warms up. Annual cicadas, sometimes referred to as “dog day” cicadas, usually emerge ...

FOREST PARK, Illinois (AP) — Mayumi Barrack sees a pair of mating periodical cicadas getting together, whips out her phone, says, “Hi guys!” and takes their picture. “I’m not really a bug person, but ...

PRINCETON, New Jersey -- Would you eat a cicada? Some high school students in Princeton, New Jersey are using the Brood X cicada emergence to spread the word about the benefits of eating insects. The ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Just when the Chicago area thought it was all done with the cicada invasion, now comes another issue. Cicadas may be gone for the most part, but they're not forgotten, ...