Insects called "oak leaf itch mites" may be to blame for a spread of red bug bites this summer – and cicadas are serving as unwitting accomplices. Also known by their scientific name Pyemotes herfsi, ...

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 mid-Atlantic region, small holes in the ground were ...

Cicadas are poised to return at some point in the spring of 2025, potentially bringing billions of bugs to neighborhoods across the eastern United States. The group of cicadas set to appear has been ...

It’s the season for cicadas again, and this year Oklahoma is going to miss the major brood birth, which will occur around the Kentucky and Tennessee, biologists say. Kelly Agnew, a Tulsa biologist who ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FOREST PARK, Illinois (AP) — Mayumi Barrack ...

Features EditorLoud humming, red beady eyes, and 17 years spent underground all describe the insect that has been fascinating everyone everywhere, the cicada. Anything that spends 17 years in the ...

Cicadas are poised to return at some point in the spring of 2025, potentially bringing billions of bugs to neighborhoods across the eastern United States. Cicadas this year will likely be concentrated ...