The fast of its requiring 17 years to arrive at maturity has been contradicted by some eminent naturalists, while it is affirmed by others.

Some states have spotted cicadas starting to emerge. Will they come to Ohio in 2024? Learn and explore with this interactive map.

Cicadas are getting ready to descend on Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio like a plague of locusts. The latest 17-year brood, Brood XIV, may only be a couple of weeks away from emerging this spring.

They are not so spectacular as Halley`s Comet, but they are much noiser and they show up every 17 years, and this, friends, is the year–the year of the 17-year locust. Actually, that`s a misn… ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- As millions of 17-year locusts emerge from the ground in Central New York for the first time since 2001, scientists wonder if this group of insects will eventually be pushed to ...

Thirty-four and 17 summers ago, when the Marty family ate dinner on our Victorian porch, we sometimes had to move back indoors because we couldn’t hear ourselves speak. The cicadas, which we called ...

Are we getting a plague of locusts? Cicadas are often called 17-year locusts, which is not correct. Colonists in the U.S. saw swarms of cicadas and thought to the locust plagues in the Bible.

A 17-year-old male was shot and wounded near 14th and Locust in Milwaukee on Tuesday morning, Oct. 20.

Two officers, a 34-year-old and a 32-year-old, were transported to a hospital for treatment. The other vehicle was driven by a 17-year-old, who was also transported to a hospital for treatment.

Police say the man fired shots at their vehicle, striking the 17-year-old. The vehicle fled the scene, and was involved in a crash at N. 7th Street and W. Locust.

Onondaga Nation members consider the locusts a delicacy; one member told The Post-Standard in 2001 the bugs tasted like popcorn and potato chips mixed together.