Brookhaven National Lab has received some noisy guests this summer—a brood of cicadas that have been incubating for the last 17 years.

This year, eastern North America is buzzing with one of nature’s most jaw-dropping spectacles: Brood XIV periodical cicadas.

Annual cicadas, sometimes referred to as “dog day” cicadas, usually emerge in July and August every year, Chris Hayes, an ...

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

Even today, nearly 400 years after the Puritans arrived, some Americans still mistakenly refer to the cicadas as locusts, a completely different type of insect that’s known for devouring crops.

There is a lot scientists don't understand about mercury — namely, how it becomes its most toxic form and why our bodies ...

This collection of stories focuses on the emergence of the Bourbon Brood cicadas in Kentucky.

Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their hosts.

The 17-year cicada emergence is happening on Cape Cod and nearby areas. Cicadas are members of hemiptera, or true bugs. Citizen scientists can join the Cicada Brood XIV count. Woo! Science is a ...

A cicada from Brood XIV makes its way up the side of an outdoor chair after rising from the ground and molting its shell. The insects are now ready to climb up into the trees and start making ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV ... Once they find footing, they begin the molting process. They shed their nymphal skin, emerging soft, vulnerable and pale ...

The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the Eastern U.S., including in Georgia ...