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 ...

If you're lying awake on a summer night and a noise from outside is keeping you up, chances are the creature responsible is ...

A group of treehoppers sit on a plant stem in University of Missouri Professor Rex Cocroft's lab. Humans can't hear the vibrations these insects use to communicate with, but Cocroft has been able to ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — The emergence of billions of cicadas is upon us and in some parts of the Southeast, cicadas are already starting to appear. Some law enforcement agencies are asking people to keep in mind ...

Tawny crazy ants were introduced to Florida in the late 90s. What has differentiated this population from its South American counterpart is that it has grown to form a singular super colony spreading ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. It's a noisy place out there in the backyard, even after you turn off the mower and the leaf blower, ...

What’s that sound? Is it the eerie sound of an alien spaceship landing nearby? A white-noise soundtrack for people who have trouble falling asleep? Or is it the distinctive chorus of millions of ...