The Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of three officials at the National Locust Control Committee on charges of ...

A team of Chinese researchers has uncovered the biological mechanisms behind locust swarming, offering new insights into how humans might intervene in the destructive behavior, according to a recent ...

There's a good reason locusts are considered plague-worthy. Despite their size, swarms of these insects can cause considerable damage by shredding plant life to bits like ravenous piranhas.. The bugs ...

A study recently published in Science has found that classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms—an ecological phenomenon that affects millions ...

KUSHUHUM, Ukraine (Reuters) -A massive locust invasion is threatening sunflower and other crops in Ukraine's southern regions, largely caused by the war against Russia's invasion that makes it ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have recently tackled an age-old mystery recorded in the Bible - the reason behind locusts forming massive, crop-destroying swarms. The team was particularly focused ...

Periodical cicadas, Brood XIV, will emerge in Massachusetts in the next few weeks. Cicadas, unlike locusts, do not swarm or decimate crops. Both cicadas and locusts are herbivores, but cicadas are ...

Locust swarms can arise from several locations at once. Research has linked these dramatic events to bouts of heavy rain and wind — and that's not good news under climate change. When you purchase ...