an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. “Interestingly, Native Americans were well aware of the cicadas and actually used them as a food source.” While scientists now know ...

The cicadas are expected to appear as far west as Kansas, as far north as Wisconsin and Michigan, down through the Mississippi Delta to New Orleans, and along much of the East Coast from Georgia ...

Cicada Brood XIV will crawl out of the ground ... Brood XII in northern Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin will reemerge in 2041.

Eastern US states are experiencing an influx of cicadas as the summer beings to descend and the soil begins to warm up, allowing the insects to rise from their 17 year slumber ...

Sometimes the most extraordinary food experiences hide in the most unassuming places, and Jim’s Drive In in Lewisburg, West ...

After 17 years underground, cicadas are emerging on Cape Cod. The noisy bugs will spend the next four to six weeks above ...

Following a career spent studying the behavior and biology of periodical cicadas, Gene Kritsky, Ph.D.—professor emeritus of biology at Mount St. Joseph University and chief science officer for the ...

Those beady red eyes. That unmistakable noise. And it's just the beginning. Here's where they're coming, and how to anticipate the swell of Brood XIV. Jen Karner has spent the last 10 years ...

Brood XIV cicadas, appearing for the first time since 2008, are emerging in the eastern U.S. Sightings are concentrated in western North Carolina, southern Kentucky, and parts of Tennessee.

With a body length of around 26.5 millimeters and a wingspan of 68.2 millimeters, the adult female cicada from the 47-million-year-old oil shale of the Messel Pit has been almost completely preserved.