This is quite possibly the most beautiful month in our city. Lightening bugs and cicadas grace us with their magical presence ...

Eoplatypleura messelensis is the oldest known true cicada ever identified in Europe. For the first time, a fossilized true ...

This visually immersive work of graphic nonfiction dives into a world where ants, cicadas, bees and butterflies visit a ...

For the past several weeks, periodical cicadas have emerged in the wooded areas around my home. Their singing filled the air, ...

A 5-year-old girl is captivating social media users after she took her "pet" cicada with her on a rollercoaster ride in Ohio.

Brood XIV cicadas are emerging across several states. Justin Hicks of the Appalachia and Mid-South Newsroom tells us how two artists are making beauty out of something lots of people deem a nuisance.

Tell a cicada that the suffrage has been extended to women, or that mankind is developing rocket boosters capable of getting colonists to Mars, and it means nothing. They’re just here to mate.

Don’t be afraid or annoyed of the coming periodical cicadas. It’s a once-in-a-17-year chance to enjoy a wondrous natural phenomenon. Adult Brood X cicadas, which come out only once every 17 ...

MASON, Ohio — A day at Kings Island has gone viral after an unusual guest hopped a ride on a few rides. Ashlea Jelliffe posted a video to TikTok that showcased her 5-year-old, Margot, riding the ...

DANVILLE, Ky. — Cicadas have been making a lot of noise across Kentucky, and that sound is music to the ears of some researchers in the state. This summer's Bourbon Brood of cicadas marked the ...

There is a lot scientists don't understand about mercury — namely, how it becomes its most toxic form and why our bodies don't get rid of it. Researchers with the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

In fact, the Bible never mentions cicadas at all. There are some species of cicadas in the regions where biblical events occurred (the Middle East, Africa), so cicadas presumably existed in biblical ...