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

The science of the sound of cicadas and their shrill songs Weather shut down cicada chorusing over the weekend, but their shrieking has returned June 2, 2021 More than 4 years ago ...

To understand how the cicada makes its sound, you would have to imagine pulling your ribs to the point of buckling collapse, releasing them and then repeating that cycle, said Hughes.

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.

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 ...

Researchers trying to make an artificial cicada for underwater communication will present their work at the 21st International Congress on Acoustics, held June 2-7 in Montreal.

Cicada biology was also noted in these ancient times. In the 4th century BC, Aristotle determined correctly that only the male cicada sings and the cicada’s call was produced by the movement of ...

CBS News Chicago Live. 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 ...

The sound of summer. The life of a cicada begins as one of up to 400 eggs laid by a female in the bark of a tree. A nymph (juvenile) cicada hatches, falls to the ground and tunnels into the dirt ...

The "wall of sound" created by this year's cicada invasion may help people with tinnitus. This is according to Fatima Husain, a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and ...

One way is to build an interactive cicada sound machine that plays the different calls of Brood X. A Kennedy Heights Montessori teacher did it and his students can't stop buzzing about it.