A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil from Germany’s Messel Pit could teach us about the evolution of insect communication.

Cincinnati, did you prepare for the invasion? The 17-year cicadas are here. See the map and social media posts about where ...

If cicada-spotters are patient, they could pinpoint a zombie or two. But even if they don’t find any, the sheer number of ...

Prepare yourself for a summer of bugs. One year after a trillion cicadas invaded states in the Southeast and Midwest, a different brood that has been underground for 17 years is ready to emerge in ...

Experts say the cicadas, also known as the “Bourbon Brood,” can be as loud as the basketball crowds at Rupp Arena.

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Red-eyed, black-bodied, and orange-winged cicadas have been emerging in parts of north Georgia, part of Brood XIV. Last above ground 17 years ago in 2008, they'll be here for about a ...

KENTUCKY, USA — Billions of cicadas are now emerging in Kentucky after being underground since 2008. Entomologists with the University of Kentucky believe the Bluegrass State will be the "epicenter" ...

The difference is how long they spend there. Annual cicadas, which have black or green eyes, emerge every year. These include dark-bodied swamp cicadas found in swamps and marshes in the eastern ...

Virginia Tech entomologists say annual cicadas have black-green coloring and blend in more easily with vegetation. They might be big, creepy and most of all loud, but cicadas are harmless to pets ...

The Dog Day cicada is "approximately 2.25 inches long, medium brown, with a green venation, the vein structure in its wing." The "periodical" cicada comes out once every 17 years, and are a bit ...

Adult cicadas are large insects about one to two inches long with red eyes and long wings. "They are stout with a green or brown body and black markings on the body," according to the University ...