The US’ 17-year cicadas might have kicked the bucket last month, but that doesn’t mean people are safe from these insects’ deafening melody. A viral video from Japan shows a cicada emitting an ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The periodical cicada broods are coming – and while harmless, they're famously quite noisy and loud. The noise will be hard to miss. But it won't all even be the same noise – as there ...

Among the many sounds of summer, there’s one that’s completely undeniable: cicadas. The collective buzzing and clicking is a bit hard to miss. And this year, they’ll be deafening as millions of ...

In the insect world, smells are important. Insects of course do not have noses, but they do have receptors on their antennae, feet, and other body parts that allow them to sense chemicals and odors.

A fly known as Emblemasoma erro uses sound, not smell, to locate its cicada hosts. And it's not just gravid females that are lured by the cicadas' songs -- males are also attracted to the sound, ...

Magicicada septendecim, also known as Brood XIII, also known as the 17-year locust, also known as the Northern Illinois Brood, also known as the cicada you’re most likely to squash (with malice or not ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio — When the Brood X cicadas emerge in parts of the U.S. later this month, they’ll be big and they’ll be loud. “It's crickets-on-steroids kind of thing,” said Dr. Ian Windmill, senior ...

How do you play a built-in trumpet? When a friend asked, “Do elephants make that trumpeting sound through their nose or mouth?” that prompted us to take a deeper look at how animals make some of their ...

Six-year-old Caroline Krinov interacts with the cicada sound machine that teacher Adam Gerhardstein built. How do you get kids to engage in the classroom? One way is to build an interactive cicada ...