The sound of summer’s height is the cicada. You always hear the first one. It’s a sound you haven’t thought about for months, but, ah: the whine, the drone, the rattling diminution. There you are!

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - While billions of cicadas will wake up this summer after a more-than-a-decade slumber, don’t expect to hear them in our hometowns. Over the next few months, two separate batches ...

For many Illinois residents, the droning call of cicadas is central to summer's soundscape. But this year looks — and sounds — a bit different, courtesy of a timely collision between cicada Broods ...

Around Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded species of cicada in Australia, almost no area of the country is untouched by their song. Up to 800 ...

PLAN ACCORDINGLY. JUST ABOUT EVERY 17 YEARS, THEY EMERGE BY THE MILLIONS. THEY ARE LOUD AND MENACING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT CICADAS. NEW TONIGHT, WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA SHOWS US ...

I recall back in 2021, Brood X, the largest brood of 17-year cicadas, made headlines in the Ohio River Valley area. Periodical cicadas appear every 13 or 17 years, and this is our year for Brood XIX - ...

The upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby is bringing the noise to the Bluegrass State, but more sounds are coming rom these large, high-pitched insects. Areas of Kentucky will have a lengthy cicada season ...

For the first time since 1803, more than 1 trillion cicadas from two major broods will emerge from underground dormancy in mid-May and collectively create a loud, high-pitched buzz that will assault ...

After the recent winter weather, the warmth and light of summer days may be top of mind. But this summer in Missouri will not be like more recent ones — prepare for a cacophony. This year, Missouri's ...

Some states should prepare for the sounds of cicadas this summer! Experts predict that more than a million cicadas will be making appearances in the coming months, with parts of Virginia, West ...

For many Wisconsinites, cicadas chirping is a quintessential sound of summer. However, large groups of these insects can be a nuisance. They litter the ground with their crunchy carcasses, and ...

If you've been outside in the past few weeks you've likely heard a high-pitched — very loud — buzz emanating from at least a few trees: Michigan's dog day cicadas are out and about once again.