In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is ...

It's only July, and some Cape Cod leaves are turning brown. No, your tree isn't dying. Here's what's really going on.

Researchers calculated the flight ability of more than 80 ancient cicada species to analyze their evolution over time.

Missouri's yearly visitors will soon dig their way out of the ground throughout the state, along with their killer ...

One such conservation effort is underway in England. Scientists are attempting to reintroduce New Forest cicadas, also known ...

While Illinois will experience annual cicadas in 2025, it won't see a repeat of 2024. The two periodical broods that appeared ...

Two fossils of singing cicadas, one of which was remarkably well preserved, reveals that the insects dispersed in Europe millions of years earlier than once thought.

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Brood XIV cicadas are emerging in Tennessee, here's where they've been spotted and when you'll see them in your neighborhood.

“These patterns are similar to those of modern cicada species of the Platypleurini group, which live in woods and scrubland,” said paleontologist and study first author Hui Jiang.

A large brood of periodical cicadas is due to emerge in the spring of 2025. These maps show where people should expect to see and hear the bugs this year.

Cicadas, one of the more unusual insect species in North America, are expected to emerge this spring after nearly 17 years underground, according to researchers.