Katydids Rather predictably, many loud bug noises you hear have to do with mating. Whether the purpose of the sounds is to attract or ward off other insects, the bugs need to produce loud enough ...

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

It’s not just the noise: Cicadas are overrunning an amusement park and are taking the blame for a car crash Brood 14 is emerging across portions of the eastern U.S., and will likely be a present ...

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A large brood of periodical cicadas is due to emerge in the spring of 2025. These maps show where people should expect to see and hear the bugs this year.

KENTUCKY, USA — Multiple states are bracing for millions of cicadas to emerge this year after trillions of the loud insects appeared across Missouri and Illinois in 2024. Cicada Brood XIV will ...

Entomology, or the study of bugs, teaches us about insects and their impacts on the natural world. We’re using our creepy-crawly neighbors to explore everything from agriculture and climate ...

These loud bugs are only above ground for up to to six weeks, according to Britannica.

Of all the bugs I’ve known – from ants to aphids, from fleas to fruit flies – I like my travel bug the best. I was bitten early. After college, when I absolutely couldn’t decide what I wanted to do ...

I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I don’t need a study to tell me that most people aren’t interested in eating ...

After lying dormant for 17 years, a plague of sex-crazed Brood XIV cicadas will be emerging from their subterranean sleep pods extra hungry for love thanks to the spread of a zombie fungus.

KENTUCKY, USA — Multiple states are bracing for millions of cicadas to emerge this year after trillions of the loud insects appeared across Missouri and Illinois in 2024. Cicada Brood XIV will ...