It may sound like a very loud buzzing or droning that lasts all day and into the night. But before you call the police to report what you think could be a siren, whine or roar, check outside: it's ...

Illinois is hit with cicada chaos. This is what it's like to see, hear and feel billions of bugs RIVERWOODS, Ill. — The ground had seemed to undulate at night, alive with bugs. Crawling cicada ...

In an article titled, "Brood IX: Why the 2020 cicada visit will be different than past arrivals," the science website inverse.com noted earlier this year: "After 17 years underground, it's time ...

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

Some cicada songs can reach 100-115 decibels – similar to the volume of a nearby leaf blower or being in a packed football stadium! Just so you know, repeated exposure to sounds over 85 dB are ...

Some areas around Chicagoland are already awash with the sound of buzzing cicadas, while other places remain silent. An entomologist explains why.

The sound has a rhythm like a cicada, but it’s nonstop, clearly mechanical, not from nature, all day, easing or stopping at night. Similar to a distant alarm.

And cicadas can get infamously loud, especially when they emerge in enormous groups known as a brood. Some have been recorded at sound levels of over 100 decibels, which is louder than the sounds ...

On Friday night, "the cicada song" was as loud as a chainsaw at the Grove nature preserve in north suburban Glenview. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE ...

In April 2024, the cicadas are starting to buzz. Reports of cicada broods emerging in the South of the U.S. are underway. The insect’s signature high-pitched and alarming sound has already led some ...

Certain sounds of nature are just unmistakable. A Carolina wren in the pre-dawn hours. Spring peepers on a warm April evening. Or an owl hooting late at night. The warmer days ahead are also ...