An astonishing, 47 million-year-old find: scientists in Germany have uncovered and identified the fossil of a true cicada. It ...

This year, eastern North America is buzzing with one of nature’s most jaw-dropping spectacles: Brood XIV periodical cicadas.

After hatching, cicada nymphs burrow 6-18 inches underground, where they will remain for 13 or 17 years. The next periodical cicada broods are expected in Ohio in 2027, 2033, 2036, and 2038.

A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil from Germany’s Messel Pit could teach us about the evolution of insect communication.

Local News As cicadas emerge in Mass., experts say to protect them The 17-year Brood XIV of cicadas has not been seen in Massachusetts since 2008 and will not emerge again until 2042. A singing ...

Cicadas are estimated to be around for about six weeks. Mount St. Joseph is offering you the chance to name a cicada by donating to the Dr. Gene Kritsky Endowed Scholarship, established in honor ...

That’s louder than the planes landing at Dulles.” After mating, the female cicadas lay their eggs in the trees. As the adults die off, the eggs hatch, and cicada nymphs are born.

Emergency! Sound the Cicadas! Cyborg insects may sound like science fiction, but they’re part of a growing field with serious goals. Since the 1990s, scientists have experimented with turning ...

Cicadas drink the liquid from the inside of the stems, roots, and branches of plants. Locusts eat the leaves and any of the softer segments of plants, which is why they are so destructive to crops ...

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 ...

Periodical cicadas, Brood XIV, will emerge in Massachusetts in the next few weeks. Cicadas, unlike locusts, do not swarm or decimate crops. Both cicadas and locusts are herbivores, but cicadas are ...