A group of periodical cicadas on a shrub. (Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph University) For the first time in 17 years, a certain type of insect has emerged from the depths of the underground. Brood XIV ...

HUNTINGTON — With the warmer weather and clearer skies that come every summer also come cicadas, insects that emerge from underground every year in the final stage of their life cycle to mate and ...

As winter melts away, spring begins to blossom – and buzz with the sound of cicadas. This year, the cohort of cicadas known as “Brood XIV” will emerge from the ground and, much like many other animals ...

The sound of summer’s height is the cicada. You always hear the first one. It’s a sound you haven’t thought about for months, but, ah: the whine, the drone, the rattling diminution. There you are!

HUNTINGTON — Cicada Brood XIV, one of the largest broods of cicadas, is set to emerge in about a month. Brood XIV most recently emerged in 2008, bringing with it the loud noise that marks its presence ...

For the first time in 17 years, a certain type of insect will emerge from the depths of the underground and could be coming to a state near you. Starting in late April, Brood XIV will likely make its ...

You're on vacation, lying in the shade of a pine tree, and a familiar sound fills the air: chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp... That constant, piercing, sometimes hypnotic noise is the sound of cicadas. But how ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Although the largest cicada broad in West Virginia won’t return until 2033, some counties will see ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Cicada Brood XIV will be emerging from the ground across western Virginia any day now. Experts say you will likely see these red-eyed creatures and most certainly hear them.

One of my college professors used to say, “Nature is always screaming at us. Unfortunately, it screams in a language that we don’t understand very well.” While we like to think of the outdoors as ...