Brookhaven National Lab has received some noisy guests this summer—a brood of cicadas that have been incubating for the last ...

When cicadas crawl out of the ground, they're called nymphs. After they crawl out and latch onto something, they begin to molt. The nymph's skin splits open and the mature adult cicada emerges. When ...

For the past several weeks, periodical cicadas have emerged in the wooded areas around my home. Their singing filled the air, ...