Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves, when they will plague several regions on the East Coast with swarms of insects that ...

Brood XIV cicadas come out of the ground once every 17 years, and they aren’t shy about letting you know of their presence.

Brood XIV cicadas are gearing up for their debut later this spring. This brood periodically emerges every 17 years.

Get ready for a loud spring, New Jersey. Millions of buzzing, red-eyed cicadas will be emerging from the ground in at least 13 eastern states and making a racket as they search for mates.

Billions of cicadas in New York, New Jersey and 11 other states will come out of a 17-year-long hibernation in two months – and make their presence known with their famously noisy mating call ...