The visit of the 17-year cicadas isn't particularly long, but it can bring back memories of cicada summers from long ago.

In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is ...

While Illinois will experience annual cicadas in 2025, it won't see a repeat of 2024. The two periodical broods that appeared ...

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Have you been noticing that many deciduous trees throughout the area are covered in browned, dying leaves and branches? The ...

Nature blessed my boyhood summers with music. Cicadas’ rising-falling sing-song gave days rhythm. Katydids chimed in evenings with a night-shift song backed by cricket twitter. The call of a whip-poor ...

A few of Indiana's tiniest transplants — invasive worms, moths and beetles from overseas — have made massive changes to Indiana's ecosystems over the past several decades.

Crickets’ refrain give us a classic nighttime sound plus the temperature according to Dolbear’s law. Temperature (F) equals ...

Adult June bugs are called chafers because they eat leaves and flowers of trees and shrubs — they have gained a reputation for ruining gardens and being a nuisance especially in groups, according to ...

Nature blessed my boyhood summers with music. Cicadas’ rising-falling singsong gave days rhythm. Katydids chimed in evenings ...

"You could pick one up and hold it in your hand all day, and all it would do is buzz or scream at you to let it go." When they emerge from the soil and become adults, the insects stick around for only ...

Trees looking a bit brown in places? It's probably the 17-year cicadas laying eggs. What you need to know about flagging, and protecting your plants.