They are the gateway bug into the intoxicatingly crunchy world of insect eating. After lying dormant for nearly 20 years, the cacophonous Brood X cicadas have finally emerged on the East Coast. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Love is in the air this spring in the eastern United States, where billions of cicadas are appearing in the biggest emergence event since 2004. The insects are part of a group called Brood X — also ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Things are getting noisy in parts of North America. After 17 years underground, it's time for millions of cicadas to emerge in southwestern Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. They're known ...