Over the past few weeks, Brood XIII 17-year cicadas have emerged in parts of southern Wisconsin and the Midwest for the first time since 2007. Along with the crunchy carcasses they leave behind, ...

As more than a trillion cicadas emerge from underground this month, experts warn that people on the autism spectrum or who are sensitive to sound may find the insects’ noise overwhelming. The large co ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The sounds of cicadas have become inescapable in many parts of Tennessee. "They are loud!" said Max Perry, a Vanderbilt student. "When you're walking around Nashville, you ...

The official start of the monsoon season in Arizona is June 15, according to the National Weather Service. However, longtime Phoenix residents will tell you that the monsoon truly starts when the ...

WHEATON, Ill. — The most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound — an eerie, amazingly loud song that gets in a person's ears and won't let much else ...

Shhhooo. Wee-uuu. Chick, chick, chick. That’s the sound of three different cicada species. For some people, those sounds are the song of the summer. Others wish the insects would turn it down. The ...

SKOKIE, Ill. (CBS) --The roar of this season's cicada invasion in the Chicago area is only getting worse. It might give you a headache, or just become white noise, but for some people living with ...

Two separate cicada broods will emerge this year – a simultaneous event that hasn’t occurred in 221 years and won’t happen again until 2245. Seventeen states will see “trillions” of Brood XIII and ...

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 ...

Summer has arrived, and so have the periodical cicadas. Almost anywhere you go in mid-Missouri, you can hear them before you see them. In some places, cicada noise has been recorded over 85 decibels, ...