One brood of cicadas has been waiting a long time to emerge; now is their time. Brood XIX has been dormant for the past 13 years, but will soon be "screaming" their love across Tennessee.

It's a big year in America—for wildlife as well as for politics. I'm talking about periodical cicadas. These curious creatures spend most of their lives in the ground, emerging after 13 or 17 ...

After a 13-year hiatus, a particular (and massive) brood of cicadas will emerge this summer. Known as Brood XIX, also called the Great Southern Brood, these 13-year cicadas will emerge about mid ...

While some cicadas emerge every summer, Brood XIX and Brood XIII are among the seven existing species of so-called “periodical cicadas” that emerge only every 13 or 17 years in North America. Once ...

Cicadas are periodical insects meaning they "spend most of their life underground in an immature nymph form before surfacing from the ground every 13 or 17 years for a brief adult life," NPR said.

and so-called “periodical” cicadas have life cycles of exactly 13 or 17 years. This year, trillions of those creatures are emerging in various U.S. states, including Illinois. This phenomenon ...

It’s a big year in America – for wildlife as well as for politics. I’m talking about periodical cicadas. These curious ...