They're emerging on the Cape. Cicada Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical brood, is emerging after spending the last 17 years underground. Since the last time this brood emerged was in 2008 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cicadas are starting to appear on parts of Cape Cod, as part of the 17-year brood emerging in Massachusetts this year. Last year, ...

The first insects in what will become a massive, 13-state swarm of cicadas has begun emerging in the South, a biological marvel that will begin slowly making its way north as temperatures rise, ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) If they’re in your area, you’ll know it from their loud droning, chirping and buzzing sounds. Cicadas from Brood XIV – one of the largest groups of cicadas that emerge from ...

Certain sounds of nature are just unmistakable. A Carolina wren in the pre-dawn hours. Spring peepers on a warm April evening. Or an owl hooting late at night. The warmer days ahead are also filled ...

Recently, swarms of midges have been spotted on cars, homes, light poles, and just about anything near Lake Erie. Even “clouds” of the generally harmless insects have been seen flying across the sky. ...

KENTUCKY (WKYT) - After 17 years underground, the natural phenomenon known as the Brood 14 cicadas can now be seen above ground in central Kentucky. Soon, millions of cicadas will be seen in central ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Simon, University of Connecticut and John Cooley, University of Connecticut (THE ...