The film explores the fascinating life cycle of the periodical cicada, which spans 17 years underground before emerging en masse. Their survival strategy includes synchronized emergence to ...

It won’t be as bad as last spring, but the second-largest group of cicadas, known as Brood XIV will return from their 17-year ...

Cicadas, particularly those in the Magicicada genus, emerge only every 17 years due to an evolutionary strategy that maximizes their survival. This long life cycle is a defense mechanism known as ...

What do their numbers mean? Within a certain region, different cicadas sharing the same life cycle all emerge together. These groups are called "broods" and they each have their own number in ...

The eastern U.S. is about to be inundated with trillions of Brood XIV periodical cicadas—which were first documented by the pilgrims in 1634. Periodical cicadas have red eyes and emerge from the ...

The Brood X cicadas, also known as Brood 10, have a 17-year life cycle, so they won’t be returning to the Garden State until 2038. However, Kritsky says some areas of New Jersey that had big ...

Spring is approaching and soon, the buzz of cicadas will permeate throughout neighborhoods in the eastern half of the United States, including here in Pennsylvania. This year, cicadas from Brood ...

All periodical cicadas of the same life cycle that emerge in the same year are known collectively as a single “brood” (or “year-class”). They emerge on a common schedule, according to ...

Ohioans are primed to cross paths with some cicadas in a few weeks, as Brood XIV is set to emerge. Cicadas are expected in a portion of the state farthest south. Brood XIV is a periodical brood of ...

Periodical cicadas are especially unusual because of their long life cycles and their infrequent mass emergences. According to entomologists at the University of Connecticut, periodical cicadas ...