During an afternoon stroll around Morton Arboretum, Maria Malayter’s Apple Watch buzzed twice with an unusual notification. The screen warned her of a “loud environment” with sound levels reaching 90 ...

Pictured is a cicada that recently emerged in Oktibbeha County as part of a 13-year periodical brood. The rare emergence not only brought more insects out of the ground, but also additional noise as ...

Amy Affelt has lived in Oak Park for 30 years. And this year, she's been keenly aware of the cicadas that come out near the end of summer and create a shrill, shrieking chorus that seems to never end.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — The most noticeable ...

Southern India's cicadas orchestrate a stunning dawn chorus, beginning precisely at civil twilight. Thousands of these ...

When we think of the life cycle of most insects, we may say they hatch from an egg, go through changes until they are eventually an adult, mate, lay eggs and die. This may take place in relatively ...