What's that sound? It may sound like a very loud buzzing or droning that lasts all day and into the night. But before you call the police to report what you think could be a siren, whine or roar, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The periodical cicada broods are coming – and while harmless, they're famously quite noisy and loud. The noise will be hard to miss. But it won't all even be the same noise – as there ...

Summer has arrived, and so have the periodical cicadas. Almost anywhere you go in mid-Missouri, you can hear them before you see them. In some places, cicada noise has been recorded over 85 decibels, ...

During an afternoon stroll around Morton Arboretum, Maria Malayter’s Apple Watch buzzed twice with an unusual notification. The screen warned her of a “loud environment” with sound levels reaching 90 ...

As some of the loudest singing insects on Earth are back to chirp at a volume similar to an airplane’s, Americans are rejoicing or covering their ears. Listen to some of the species. By Aimee Ortiz It ...

The moment you exit your car in front of the Lake Geneva Public Library, the sound is overwhelming. Millions of Brood XIII 17-year cicadas have swarmed the southeastern Wisconsin city, and their ...

The "wall of sound" created by this year's cicada invasion may help people with tinnitus. This is according to Fatima Husain, a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology ...

Pictured is a cicada that recently emerged in Oktibbeha County as part of a 13-year periodical brood. The rare emergence not only brought more insects out of the ground, but also additional noise as ...

Cicadas can be seen - and especially heard - in communities all across the Chicago area. While some people might be longing to bid them farewell, the noisy but harmless bugs aren't going anywhere just ...

The sound of summer’s height is the cicada. You always hear the first one. It’s a sound you haven’t thought about for months, but, ah: the whine, the drone, the rattling diminution. There you are!

The reverberating clicking noise that cicadas make is one of the most distinct sounds of all insects, but how exactly do they make it? Cicadas have existed in North America for millions of years, with ...