The sound of summer's height is the cicada. You always hear the first one. It's a sound you haven't thought about for months, ...

After months of waiting, cicadas have finally emerged from the ground in much of the Chicago area. They're seemingly everywhere in some communities, but others are barely seeing any. Even if ...

University of Sydney insect and parasite expert Professor David Emery has just returned from a six-day trip hunting for ...

Cicadas are also known for their buzzing and clicking noises, which can be amplified by multitudes of insects into an overpowering hum. Males produce this species-specific noise with vibrating ...