The double emergence of Brood XIX and Brood XIII in multiple states this year will be the first time since 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president.

A rare and awe-inspiring natural event is set to unfold this spring across Ross County and much of southwestern Ohio: the ...

“I think they’re very cute. They’re very clumsy, you know.” Long said these two broods of cicadas will be emerging in southern and northern parts of Indiana for about a month starting in May, then ...

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

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves.

It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum's Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children's Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada ...

Last year, New York City and Long Island saw a rare co-emergence of Brood XIII, which emerge from the ground every 17 years, as well as 13-year cicadas from Brood XIX. It’s unclear how many ...

As winter melts away, spring begins to blossom – and buzz with the sound of cicadas. This year, the cohort of cicadas known as “Brood XIV” will emerge from the ground and, much like many ...

Ohioans are primed to cross paths with some cicadas in a few weeks, as Brood XIV is set to emerge. Cicadas are expected in a portion of the state farthest south. Brood XIV is a periodical brood of ...

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 ...