Brood XIV cicadas will emerge in numbers around the lower billions in 13 states, including Ohio and parts of Greater ...

Cicadas get all their food by drinking a watery sap (xylem) from trees. Since the insects don't have mouths that open and close, they have straw-like tubes that they insert into trees. Baby ...

In 2024, 13-year cicada brood XIX and 17-year cicada Brood XIII emerged in the U.S. It was the first time in more than 200 years two broods emerged at the same time. This led to many curious questions ...

Cicadas are set to return this year in the U.S., but their numbers are not expected to be as overwhelming as they were in the spring of 2024, when multiple broods emerged simultaneously. Brood XIV ...

Isabel Wherry tells PEOPLE her daughter named the cicada, Cicady Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

Crawling cicada nymphs, striving to get higher after 17 years underground, marched en masse toward and up trees, pausing to shed their skin and emerge as adults. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs ...

While portions of Greater Cincinnati might have escaped the swarm of cicadas in 2021, it's unlikely they'll be able to evade the emergence and ear-piercing sound of this year's group, Brood XIV. This ...

As spring approaches, many science enthusiasts and insect-lovers are wondering when they’ll hear the piercing, buzzing sound cicadas bring with them as they emerge from underground. This year ...

Remember the Great Southern Brood last summer? We're talking about cicadas, of course, those noisy insects that emerged from underground after 13 years to swarm the South. Not everywhere in the South ...

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