"They're very destructive when there's a lot of them, but one-on-one, what's not to love?" says Arianne Cease. She's talking ...

Arizona State University scientists are part of an international research team that discovered a simple, soil-based method to ...

A locust in a “solitarious” phase is shy. It acts like a regular grasshopper: avoiding others of its kind, appearing a ...

A new early warning tool developed by British scientists will help control devastating locust swarms. Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something - such as an intense rainstorm - ...

STORY: Crops in Ukraine's southern regions are under attack from locusts... that are breeding in inaccessible areas near the frontline. The insects are capable of devastating crops in days, and ...

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 ...

Nouakchott — An 8 kilometre swarm of desert locusts laying eggs in provinces north and east of the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott has raised fears of a major locust invasion at the height of the ...

KATITIKA, Kenya (AP) — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the voracious ...

A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of COVID-19. The desert locusts—in the ...

This migratory pest can reach plague proportions, and a swarm covering one square kilometre can consume enough food in one day to feed 35,000 people. Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until ...