COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A summertime serenade you may have already heard this year, cicadas are known for the buzzing noise they create. This distinct sound plays a huge role in the life of a cicada.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of periodical cicadas on a shrub. (Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph University) For the first time in 17 years, a certain ...

A group of periodical cicadas on a shrub. (Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph University) For the first time in 17 years, a certain type of insect will emerge from the depths of the underground and could ...

This year, a different type of cicada will emerge underground for the first time in more than a decade. They're known as Brood XIV, and they'll be popping up in north Georgia in the next few weeks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brood XIV, the latest group of buzzing cicadas, is emerging this spring. This time, billions of the insects will hit at least 12 ...

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Periodical cicadas, Brood XIV, will emerge in Massachusetts in the next few weeks. Cicadas, unlike locusts, do not swarm or decimate crops. Both cicadas and locusts are herbivores, but cicadas are ...

Get ready for a loud spring, New Jersey. Millions of buzzing, red-eyed cicadas will be emerging from the ground in at least 13 eastern states and making a racket as they search for mates. After hiding ...

Love them or hate them, cicadas are fascinating insects commonly talked about in North Carolina during the warmer months. Cicadas spend most of their life underground, emerging when soil temperatures ...