It's a cicada year in the American South. Since 1998, the Great Southern Brood — one of the largest groups of synchronized cicadas in the world — has been slowly developing underground from Virginia ...

As Illinois awaits a massive, rare double-brood emergence of cicadas, entomological research shows that the insects may come earlier. This year, two 'periodical' cicada species—Brood XIII and Brood ...

They emerge from the ground every 13 or 17 years. — -- Another 17 years have passed for one brood of periodic cicadas -- the time has come for billions to emerge from the ground in deafening ...

What does the life cycle of a cicada look like? What happens during the 17-year period between each emergence? The DuPage County Forest Preserve answers these questions and more in a creative ...

Periodical cicadas have one of the strangest life cycles in the animal kingdom. The 17-year cicadas spend 99.5% of their lives underground in an undeveloped nymph state, which is the longest strictly ...

The cicadas are coming. The red-eyed bugs with Broods XIII and Broods XIX are expected to emerge shortly, blanketing huge swaths of the country from Missouri to Illinois. The last time so many cicadas ...

New Jersey is set to have one of its noisiest summers in 17 years. There's a loud and noisy swarm of insects coming. And this year the group of insects with long life cycles called periodical cicada ...

Two cicada broods are emerging in historic numbers in the U.S. after a very long nap. We'll learn about other creatures that go dormant as part of their normal life cycle. Two broods of cicadas are ...

Pictured is a cicada that recently emerged in Oktibbeha County as part of a 13-year periodical brood. The rare emergence not only brought more insects out of the ground, but also additional noise as ...

For weeks– we’ve heard all about the cicadas –getting ready to emerge across the state.. Well, the DuPage County Forest Preserve has been hard at work –creating videos to help us better understand ...