A team of entomologists at Center National de Lutte Antiacridienne's Mauritanian National Desert Locust Center has found that ...

Such a book is Mr. B. P. Uvarov's “Locusts and Grasshoppers”: it is a masterly survey of the whole locust problem by one who has made the subject peculiarly his own. But the author has done ...

Head of the National Committee for Desert Locust Control, Salah Embarek, has warned that rising numbers of locusts present an ...

This time, they obtained exclusive coverage of the next wave of young locusts now bulking up in Somalia’s desert. Officials in charge of the United Nations’ response to the locust outbreak couldn’t ...

Male locusts have long been observed shielding mates from other males. Researchers say this behavior may also protect the females from desert temperatures. By Gennaro Tomma It may seem like a ...

Hundreds of billions of locusts are swarming through parts of East Africa and South Asia in the worst infestation for a quarter of a century, threatening crops and livelihoods. A man attempts to ...

Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) are normally solitary insects, but in crowded conditions, they undergo physical and behavioral changes and become 'gregarious', clustering in swarms that can ...

A huge plague of locusts is wreaking havoc on the Italian island of Sardinia in the worst insect invasion in more than 60 years, local media report. Large swarms are destroying crops and invading ...

Locust infestation has been severe in the Ponmudi, Irumalakka and Thellithodu areas of Konnthadi panchayat..locust ...

“Some locusts have been spotted in parts of D’Land,” Dr Trish announced in her loud, solemn voice as soon as the adults had gathered at the Orange Orchard. There was a disquieting murmur in ...

Facing public backlash and legal threats, Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski deleted a controversial Facebook post which referred to people entering the country illegally as "human locusts." ...

I'm so fed up with these snails, eh; and if it's not snails, it's locusts; and if it's not locusts, it's people. Can't plant anything in peace,' one farmer said. Another added, 'I picked up a ...