They're big. They're incredibly loud. And they're coming by the billions. Meet Magicicada cassinii, better known as the cicada. Every year, a relatively small number of these insects emerge from the ...

Trillions of periodical cicadas are tunneling out from their underground homes for the first time in 17 years to mate, loudly. Your questions, answered. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the ...

Trillions of cicadas that have been underground since 2004 are about to emerge in 15 states in the U.S., and while the insects known as Brood X won’t cause humans any harm, experts say individuals in ...

Brood X cicadas are beginning to emerge across the country but they won't be here for long. As soil temperatures inch closer to 64 degrees, more cicadas will come up from the ground, shed their skins ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

2024 is the year of the cicada. In the coming months, certain states will experience a rare natural event that hasn't occurred in over 200 years: The emergence of two separate broods of cicadas. This ...

An insect phenomenon that has been 17 years in the making has finally arrived. Temperatures are warm enough for parts of the eastern United States to start seeing the emergence of Brood XIV periodical ...

As COVID-19 vaccination continues, many of us are gearing up to come out of our shells after what feels like years of laying low. But this spring’s emergence of trillions of Brood X cicadas will make ...

A familiar sight (and sound) will soon appear across 14 states as the next major brood of periodical cicadas emerges.Brood XIV will emerge in 14 states this May, including Ohio, Kentucky and ...

Millions upon millions of Brood X cicadas are emerging, and entomologist Marianne Alleyne didn't want to miss it. "I didn't see it 17 years ago, and I wanted to experience it," says Alleyne. "My ...

Parts of Tennessee are starting to see the emergence of Brood XIX cicadas, which have been dormant for the past 13 years. The brood wasn't expected to emerge in Tennessee until around mid-May, but ...

Brood X, one of the largest broods of cicadas, is set to emerge after 17 years underground this summer. The bugs have been lurking beneath the surface since 2004, feeding on sap from the roots of ...