The 17-year and 13-year periodical cicadas returned to the Chicago area this year, and I became the Sun-Times' de facto ...

CICADAS are enjoying a very big year in 2024 with their incessant daytime cacophony kicking off before the kookaburras and ...

Love or hate them, cicadas took over Middle Tennessee last summer. A specialist says the critters are planning an encore ...

The names Boophis kirki, Boophis picardi, Boophis siskoi, Boophis janewayae, Boophis archeri, Boophis pikei, and Boophis ...

Loud as aeroplanes and the sound of summer, the buzz of cicadas are part of the Australian summer. But they're louder than usual this year.

The sun was shining. I could hear the echo of cicadas ringing through the trees as a light breeze made the trees softly sway from side to side. Every few steps I felt a gentle, cooling mist land ...

There is a bit of a timetable to the daily orchestra; Razor Grinders and Red-eyes rev up early at dawn on warm days and sing ...

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If you've stepped outside in recent days, you might have noticed the familiar sound of cicadas buzzing. And while it's a soundtrack heard every summer, you wouldn't be wrong in thinking the ...

Insects emerged from the ground, the moon eclipsed the sun, a purse full of cereal was spotted and Chicago fell in love with ...

Summer means a lot of things: hot weather, long nights and loud cicadas. And those noisy insects seem to be turning up the decibels this year. You’re not alone in thinking the cicadas are louder ...