Get ready for an insect phenomenon that has been 17 years in the making. Starting this spring, when temperatures are warm ...

Periodical cicadas from a brood first reported by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony in 1634 will emerge this spring after ...

Researchers said the species was “abundant” but “difficult to capture” as it evaded their light traps in the tree canopy.

Cicadas from Brood XIV will emerge in 13 states this year. Here's what we know about the cicadas and when they'll be in ...

For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels ...

Plan B? Climb the trees and catch them by hand. This persistence led researchers to discover the seven specimens they captured were actually part of a new cicada species, Cochleopsaltria huboliao ...

When they emerge, the adults climb into trees to mate and lay eggs. After six weeks, the hatched nymphs will fall to the ...