Around Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded species of cicada in Australia, almost no area of the country is untouched by their song. Up to 800 ...

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 conspicuous and species-specific calls of cicadas are generated by a sophisticated biomechanical system involving the rapid buckling of ribbed membranes, known as tymbals, and the subsequent ...

Every morning before the sun rises, the forests and shrublands of southern India echo with the sound of cicadas singing in perfect unison. Their dawn chorus, though fleeting, is a remarkable display ...