Cicada songs can reach 90 decibels, which is as loud as a lawn mower. Here’s why cicada sounds can be so loud, and why they only emerge at certain times.

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

What’s that sound? Cicada season has arrived and here are the parts of the US that will be annoyed - This spring marks the first time the red-eyed cicadas of Brood XIV have emerged in 17 years ...

In 1834, Gideon B. Smith is, according to the University of Maryland, credited with identifying the cycle of the 17-year cicada or brood, the very one emerging this year! He reportedly studied ...

At night the cicada's wings are lit from below, turning them translucent. The sculpture will be accompanied by its soundscape, an audio recording of over 130 cicada calls from different species ...

Ear-splitting sound of summer: Cicada boom hits Sydney. Sydney’s summer soundtrack of cicadas has turned into a cacophony as loud as a jet taking off as the insects enjoy a boom year unseen in ...