Those beady red eyes. That unmistakable noise. And it's just the beginning. Here's where they're coming, and how to ...

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 ...

Studying the information contained in dolphin whistles is crucial for our understanding of threats to their survival.

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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Brood XIV, one of the largest broods of 17-year periodical cicadas, is emerging from the soil in massive numbers with their signature buzzing chorus.

"We know from living animals that the longer the cochlea, generally the greater range of sounds it can hear," says Steve Brusatte, professor of palaeontology and evolution at the University of ...