It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern on the back of the thorax) are making themselves known. The males, ...

It’s a big year in America – for wildlife as well as for politics. I’m talking about periodical cicadas. These curious creatures spend most of their lives in the ground, emerging after 13 or 17 years ...

RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) — The ground had seemed to undulate at night, alive with bugs. Crawling cicada nymphs, striving to get higher after 17 years underground, marched en masse toward and up trees, ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — It is a once in a lifetime occurrence, the 2024 emergence of two broods of Cicadas, bringing trillions to Northern America. While they might look scary, Cicadas are harmless and ...

Although Texans in Montgomery County have been buzzing with fear over supposed sightings of “murder hornets,” experts are telling them there’s no need to prepare for Armageddon. Texans shouldn’t worry ...

In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is a biological process of transformation undergone by many creatures in the ...

While portions of Greater Cincinnati might have escaped the swarm of cicadas in 2021, it's unlikely they'll be able to evade the emergence and ear-piercing sound of this year's group, Brood XIV. This ...

HOUSTON — Large wasps spotted around Montgomery County recently are making people nervous, but experts say there's no need to worry -- they're not murder hornets. The Montgomery County Texas A&M ...

Known for its loud, musical singing sounds, this creature hasn't been spotted in the UK for 30 years... but what is it? It is a special kind of bug, called the New Forest cicada. These insects haven't ...