Male locusts have long been observed shielding mates from other males. Researchers say this behavior may also protect the ...

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 ...

"There was one day where we had to stop shooting because an actual dust storm shut our shoot down," Joines said. "Once the ...

Insects can be deadly, causing physical harm, spreading diseases, and ruining crops. Species like mosquitoes, assassin ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“In the laboratory, solitary locusts can be turned into gregarious ones in just two hours simply by tickling their hind legs ...

The Globe has persisted for 180 years, and Canada for 157, in the quest to define who we are. That is a miracle worth ...

Big cruise ships hit the headlines when it comes to over-tourism in port cities, but should the cruise industry cop the blame ...

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." ...