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 ...

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, ...

Last year, Western North Carolina didn't see much of the infamous double emergence of periodical cicada Broods XIX and XIII. While there is no periodical double emergence this year, the region can ...

As people continue to experience the dual cicada emergence in Illinois, the questions continue. This collection of unique and interesting questions addresses what specific types of animals will eat ...

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 ...

Although Texans in Montgomery County have been buzzing with fear over supposed sightings of “murder hornets,” experts are telling them there’s no need to prepare for Armageddon. Texans shouldn’t worry ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Now that the literal, and metaphorical noise ...