New Jersey is set to have one of its noisiest summers in 17 years. There's a loud and noisy swarm of insects coming. And this year the group of insects with long life cycles called periodical cicada ...

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 ...

Cicadas are juicy, red-eyed bugs that emerge in writhing masses every once in a while. And one of the largest cicada broods around will emerge in certain places of the U.S. this spring. Pennsylvania ...