It's one of the biggest broods, and if you're in one of these 13 states, you're likely to hear their noisy mating call soon.

For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels ...

Cicadas of Brood XIV will begin to emerge from the underground in 13 states across the country this spring, according to cicada expert Gene Kritsky.

Get ready for an insect phenomenon that has been 17 years in the making. Starting this spring, when temperatures are warm ...

Cicadas from Brood XIV will emerge in 13 states this year. Here's what we know about the cicadas and when they'll be in ...

It’s difficult to pinpoint the precise areas that will get large clusters of cicadas because it’s based on reported and confirmed sightings mapped out during previous 17-year life cycles.

Cicadas, those loud, large but harmless insects, will soon emerge this spring after 17 years underground in Georgia.

Thursday marked the official start of spring and while that may bring warmer temperatures, it will also bring something else.

Periodical cicada adults are around 1-1.5 inches long and have a wingspan roughly twice that length. They can be identified by their black bodies, large red-brown eyes and wings with orange veins ...

Researchers said the species was “abundant” but “difficult to capture” as it evaded their light traps in the tree canopy.

“Most of them were on the underside of the big tree branches,” he said. Kritsky said people worried about their gardens should not fret. Cicadas don’t eat. Instead, they drink, he sai ...