"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 ...

Margot, 5, adopted “Cade the Cader," a male cicada, while visiting Kings Island amusement park in Mason, her mother, Ashlea ...

The cicadas are out in full force in one particular part of Massachusetts. The periodical insects known as Brood XIV are ...

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

The much-heralded Brood XIV 17-year cicadas have finally arrived. Have they been serenading you? If you’re in the emergence ...

While cicadas are harmless, the pests that are drawn to them can bite and cause a rash. What to know about the oak leaf itch ...

Cicadas are proving to be a bigger terror (aside from their ear-piercing screams and chaotic flying patterns), as one of the ...

Cicadas are now emerging in central and southeastern Pennsylvania, and people should expect to see them before being able to hear their unique singing sounds. Michael Skvarla, assistant research ...

If you're disgusted by cicadas, here's another item for your list. They pee. A lot. And better than some mammals. Here's what ...

Kritsky has measured cicada calls reaching an ear-piercing 102 decibels. To put that into perspective, jets flying into northern Kentucky typically register around 80 decibels.

Cicadas, whose musical courtship calls once echoed around an ancient forest in southern England, have been reintroduced from ...

Cicadas are causing chaos at Kings Island and being blamed in car crashes. A map shows where they have been the worst. Plus ...