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.

The wasps may be the scariest-looking in the state, but they only cause harm to cicadas and don't pose a risk to humans.

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

The visit of the 17-year cicadas isn't particularly long, but it can bring back memories of cicada summers from long ago.

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

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

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

Brookhaven National Lab has received some noisy guests this summer—a brood of cicadas that have been incubating for the last ...

Eoplatypleura messelensis is the oldest known true cicada ever identified in Europe. For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been identified from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messel ...

Annual cicadas, sometimes referred to as “dog day” cicadas, usually emerge in July and August every year, Chris Hayes, an extension associate of structural pest management at NC State University who ...