One of the most distinctive sounds on the Isle of Skye is being heard in greater numbers again thanks to the efforts of crofters.

Swimming in natural pools and playing in caves, Amanda Owen's youngest children are "feral" at the moment, she happily declares.

Traditional spring migration is a big deal. Birds such as cuckoos, swifts, swallows, house martins, come here to breed in the spring, stay through the summer, then leave in late summer or early autumn ...

I still remember the first year I saw a major cicada brood emerge. As a teenager, I watched as the swarm descended on my neighborhood. There were bugs everywhere -- in my grandparents pool ...

The group of cicadas set to appear has been labeled Brood XIV. Emerging once every 17 years, Brood XIV is the second-largest group of periodical cicadas — which rise from underground en masse ...

This week, I want to catch up on these. Cicadas are in the news again. This year, we will see the emergence of Brood XIV. The emergence of this brood begins on the eastern side of Hamilton County.

Cicadas this year will likely be concentrated in Kentucky and much of Tennessee. The insects from Brood XIV are also expected to show up in parts of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina ...

Cincinnati will likely be swarming with cicadas by the second week of May. The Brood XIV (14) bugs will be the latest brood of 17-year cicadas to emerge, making Cincinnati, Southwest Ohio ...

This spring, millions of noisy, red-eyed cicadas from Brood XIV will blanket parts of the United States for the first time since 2008, when George W. Bush was in the White House and Donald Trump ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — The Tri-State area is preparing for the return of Brood 14 cicadas, a variation of the insect that emerges every 17 years. The last appearance was in 2008. These cicadas will ...