In historic year for cicadas, Illinois is ‘the epicenter of everything great’ For the first time in more than 200 years, two different groups of periodic cicadas will emerge at the same time.

The historic 2024 cicada emergence will see two broods of cicadas emerging this spring, ... Here's a map of what to expect in Illinois, according to data from the USDA Forest Service.

The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum in Union has introduced a new interactive way to explore the history of ...

Cicadas are starting to emerge in Illinois. Here's a map of where to expect them The emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX, which haven't sprouted simultaneously in more than two centuries, has ...

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of ...

Even during a non-historic periodical cicada brood reemergence, there are still a lot of cicadas. It's possible that around 100 cicadas can emerge out of a single square yard of land.

The archaeologists continue their mission to uncover the physical history of Brooklyn, Illinois, and the free people who built it. Archaeologists continue to dig up new evidence of a historic ...