(NEXSTAR) – 2024 brought us “cicada-geddon,” a double awakening of two broods of periodical cicadas that swarmed much of the ...

Animals had no trouble grabbing headlines in 2025, from a close encounter with a whale off the coast of Chile to viral bald ...

Over the next few weeks, trillions of cicadas will emerge from underground in over a dozen states. Periodical cicadas, the insects famous for their huge numbers and loud noise, are emerging in two ...

For many Americans, the cicadas are here. Trillions of periodical cicadas are already emerging in a rare, two brood event across multiple states, with more expected to come in the following weeks.

In an extremely rare natural phenomenon, two different cicada broods will explode from the ground at the same time this year. Some species of cicadas are periodical, spending most of their lives ...

Their mating songs can reach up to 90 decibels. In April 2004, "Mean Girls" was playing in theaters and "Yeah!" by Usher was topping the Billboard music charts. At the same time, around the ...

This story contains interviews with Tekknolagi, the student who solved the Cicada 3301 puzzle. In January I wrote a story about the one person who is known to have made it further down the Cicada 3301 ...