Cicadas are members of the superfamily Cicadoidea and are physically distinguished by their stout bodies, broad heads, clear-membraned wings, and large compound eyes. There are more than 3,000 ...

Periodical cicadas, which have regional broods, emerge en masse every 13 or 17 years. See when they'll arrive in Maryland.

Loud as aeroplanes and the sound of summer, the buzz of cicadas are part of the Australian summer. But they're louder than usual this year. Along with summer comes cicada season. But this year ...

Massachusetts, according to the University of Connecticut. A map by the U.S. Forest Service shows the territory of periodical cicadas. (US Forest Service) The exact timing is unpredictable ...

It stretches from Southern Ohio through Kentucky and Tennessee. Parts of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina are also expected to see the cicadas in 2025. There are also patches of Brood XIV ...

The numbers 13 and 17 are also prime numbers, and so-called “periodical” cicadas have life cycles of exactly 13 or 17 years. This year, trillions of those creatures are emerging in various U.S ...