CHICAGO — Cicadas seem to be everywhere these days. They’re crawling up from the ground and will soon be singing from the treetops all over Illinois as the life cycles of two broods coincide for the ...

(WKYT) - If you’ve been outside, you may have noticed it’s a lot noisier than usual. That’s because we’ve had billions of cicadas emerge from the ground in our region. They are very annoying, whether ...

Two cicada broods are emerging in historic numbers in the U.S. after a very long nap. We'll learn about other creatures that go dormant as part of their normal life cycle. Two broods of cicadas are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. CHICAGO (WGN) – The buzzing of the Brood X ...

FOREST PARK, Illinois (AP) — Mayumi Barrack sees a pair of mating periodical cicadas getting together, whips out her phone, says, “Hi guys!” and takes their picture. “I’m not really a bug person, but ...

RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) — The ground had seemed to undulate at night, alive with bugs. Crawling cicada nymphs, striving to get higher after 17 years underground, marched en masse toward and up trees, ...

Cicadas will return to Maryland in 2025 as the second-largest brood is expected to emerge after 17 years underground. The return of Brood XIV, of the Great(er) Eastern Brood, will bring trillions of ...

NEW ORLEANS — As parts of the U.S. are dealing with the emergence of trillions of red-eyed bugs known as periodical cicadas, it's worth noting that they're not just annoying, noisy pests: if prepared ...