With hundreds of male cicada simultaneously singing their calling song, they are alerting all of the females within ear shot that they are ready to get jiggy and begin the mating ritual. Females, in ...

For 17 years, the so-called "magic cicadas" have been hiding silently underground. Now, they've emerged again, and their din can be heard over parts of southern New England, marking the final stage of ...

Brood XIV cicadas are starting to be found in parts of Pennsylvania and there's a reason they may not be singing or buzzing ...

"There is a lot of anticipation about the periodical cicadas in Massachusetts," said Simisky. Dubbed "Brood XIV, " or "Brood ...

They have spent 17 years as nymphs (wingless, immature versions of themselves) underground, feeding on tree roots. As soon as ...

Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event ...

Parts of central and eastern Kentucky will be the epicenter of Brood XIV’s emergence this summer, with potentially billions ...

In this study we test the two hypotheses that (1) snakes are sensitive to sound pressure and (2) snakes are sensitive to vibrations, but cannot hear the sound pressure per se. To do that, vibration ...

The sounds of summer often include kids playing outdoors, the rumbles of thunder in the afternoon with storms – and cicadas.

They're back! The cicadas, that is. In particular Brood XIV. After 17 years under ground, the large, clumsy insects have ...

Through mid-June, wooded areas will ring with cicadas’ loud mating calls. After mating, each female will lay hundreds of eggs inside small tree branches. Then the adult cicadas will die. When the eggs ...

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