They emerge from the ground every 13 or 17 years. — -- Another 17 years have passed for one brood of periodic cicadas -- the time has come for billions to emerge from the ground in deafening ...

It's a cicada year in the American South. Since 1998, the Great Southern Brood — one of the largest groups of synchronized cicadas in the world — has been slowly developing underground from Virginia ...

CINCINNATI - Brood X, the largest and most widespread brood of cicadas in the U.S., is set to emerge from the ground this spring after 17 years. The periodical cicadas, which are different than the ...

As Illinois awaits a massive, rare double-brood emergence of cicadas, entomological research shows that the insects may come earlier. This year, two 'periodical' cicada species—Brood XIII and Brood ...

Periodical cicadas are expected to emerge in New Jersey this May. Here is everything you need to know about Brood XIV and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Cicadas are emerging in some parts of the U.S., but most of Kentucky and Indiana aren't being impacted. Two broods are coming from the ground this spring in numbers not seen ...

Love is in the air this spring in the eastern United States, where billions of cicadas will soon appear in the biggest emergence event since 2004. The insects are part of a group called Brood X — also ...

If you haven't seen them yet, you may have heard them: the periodical cicadas that are out in full force in nearly 20 U.S. states across the Southeast and Midwest. These 17 states, which range from ...

MISSOURI, USA — There are imposters hidden among Missouri's emerging periodical cicadas. While the insects are near the end of their life cycle and begin mating, some cicadas have been hijacked and ...

New Jersey is set to have one of its noisiest summers in 17 years. There's a loud and noisy swarm of insects coming. And this year the group of insects with long life cycles called periodical cicada ...

CHICAGO — While some areas are awash with the incessant, buzzing sound of the male cicada seeking a mate, other areas are silent. Whether that’s a disappointment or a relief is a personal preference, ...