Coming from the UK where the largest insect you’re likely to encounter is a slightly overweight bumblebee, I was quite taken aback the first time I saw a "semi," or cicada in English, in Japan. Having ...

Cicadas are the sound of Japanese summer. Whether it's out in the countryside or in the middle of the city, the insects are so much a part of everyday life in Japan that many Japanese people can ...

The noise level of cicadas in our area has been deafening at times, particularly during warm, sunny afternoons. The bugs have reached 90 decibels in places; it’s like standing next to a food blender ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The periodical cicada broods are coming – and while harmless, they're famously quite noisy and loud. The noise will be hard to miss. But it won't all even be the same noise – as there ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Engineering students from Japan, a researcher from New Zealand, a wedding photographer from New Jersey and a web developer from Massachusetts have all descended on Syracuse this ...

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What's that sound? It may sound like a very loud buzzing or droning that lasts all day and into the night. But before you call the police to report what you think could be a siren, whine or roar, ...

Researchers are trying to make an artificial cicada for underwater communication. Of all the bugs that achieve the mantle of summer pest, cicadas are perhaps the most curious. They don't sting, they ...

Southern India's cicadas orchestrate a stunning dawn chorus, beginning precisely at civil twilight. Thousands of these ...

For the first time since 1803, more than 1 trillion cicadas from two major broods will emerge from underground dormancy in mid-May and collectively create a loud, high-pitched buzz that will assault ...