COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A summertime serenade you may have already heard this year, cicadas are known for the buzzing noise they create. This distinct sound plays a huge role in the life of a cicada.

Woo! Science looks back on a year of science reptiles, including the return of astronauts way too long in space, a ruckus of ...

Fossils reveal that prehistoric cicadas’ wings evolved to help them evade hungry predators with feathers and beaks, scientists say. By Jack Tamisiea Today, few critters are as abundant as cicadas.

Ah, the sweet summer song of cicadas buzzing... and buzzing... and oh my GOODNESS, when will they stop buzzing?! As Dr. Reinhard Lakes-Harlan at the University of Giessen explains it, “Only the males ...

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 column ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Get ready North Carolina, cicadas are coming back in 2025. The good news is, their return probably won't be as bad as last year. With the start of spring coming next week, the ...

(NEXSTAR) – 2024 brought us “cicada-geddon,” a double awakening of two broods of periodical cicadas that swarmed much of the eastern United States over the spring and summer. The noisy insects have ...

Every morning before the sun rises, the forests and shrublands of southern India echo with the sound of cicadas singing in perfect unison. Their dawn chorus, though fleeting, is a remarkable display ...

Brood XIV will be seen and heard in more than a dozen states, including Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. It's the most wonderful time of the year — for cicadas. The next notable brood is set to rise from ...