Cicadas are invading the U.S. as Brood XIV continues to make their way to over a dozen U.S. states. Since early May, sightings in the Asheville, North Carolina area have risen from 140 to 739 ...

The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the eastern U.S., including in Georgia ...

Cicada expert Matthew Kasson told CBS News in 2024 that the exact timing of a brood's emergence is linked to the temperature of the soil they're in before moving above ground.

Myth: Exposure to cicada noise will cause hearing loss As the second-largest periodical cicada, Brood XIV can make a lot of noise when the male cicadas attempt to attract mates with their buzzing ...

The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the Eastern U.S., including in Georgia ...

Once gone, Brood XIV of cicadas will not return to Massachusetts until 2042. The noisy bugs mobbed parts of Cape Cod this year.

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.