BALTIMORE, Md. — In neighborhoods and city parks in parts of the country, Americans are being greeted by the distinct buzzing sound of cicadas emerging after nearly two decades of growing underground.

Deutsch, James. 2021. Cicada Folklore, or Why We Don't Mind Billions of Burrowing Bugs at Once. Folklife Magazine. May 17, 2021 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

An Ohio driver bugged out behind the wheel when a rogue cicada flew into his SUV — causing him to lose control and flip the vehicle as he frantically tried to swat away the winged intruder. The wild ...

Spring is in full gear with warmer temperatures, rainy weather and of course, the arrival of one of the noisiest insects. Neighborhoods in the eastern half of the United States have already begun ...

Cicada fascination Jennifer Rydzewski, an insect ecologist at DuPage County Forest Preserve, donned a cicada hoody costume — complete with bulging red eyes made by a 3D printer — that she wore in an ...

Cicadas will appear in Tennessee and 12 other states in 2025. There have been more than 65 cicada signtings in East Tennessee so far. Cicadas do not bite or sting. They're baaack! Did you miss them?

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 filled ...

The cicadas are back – well, some of them. Brood XIV has begun to emerge in some eastern U.S. states. The brood emerges every 17 years, and is considered the second largest periodical cicada brood, ...

A massive brood of periodical cicadas will emerge soon across the eastern United States, with the notoriously raucous springtime insects due for their 2025 appearance. Known for their buzzing hordes ...

Columbus' upcoming spring will be relatively quiet as its cicadas remain firmly underground. Southwest Ohio will have no such luck. Cicadas from Brood XIV have been living underground for 17 years, ...