It was the case of one good story leading to another. After its shocking report Jan. 25 on the locust swarms devastating agriculture in Kenya,AP’s Nairobi team came through with another truly striking ...

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..

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 ...

READ MORE: 'Apocalyptic' locust swarms fill skies of Mexico leaving people fearing Armageddon is near The desert locust is a migratory insect that travels in swarms of millions over long distances ...

The worst desert locust outbreak in a generation has been decimating crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa. Since January, Kenya Ethiopia, and Somalia have been battling to contain the ...

Gunn, D. L., Perry, F. C., et. al., Anti-Locust Bull., No. 3 (1948). Rainey, R. C., and Sayer, H. J., Nature, 172, 224 (1953).

Chinese factories are producing thousands of tonnes of a "green zombie fungus" to help fight the swarms of locusts plaguing east Africa. Metarhizium is a genus of fungi with nearly 50 species ...

A team led by the University of Cambridge has developed a way to predict when and where desert locusts will swarm, so they can be dealt with before the problem gets out of hand.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MoAFWR) said that a recent desert locust survey and control ...

[Christopher Kipsang, Standard] A new wave of locust swarms is spreading in West Pokot County which could precipitate a food crisis. The pests have ravaged acres of maize and beans in Pokot North ...

Swarms of desert locusts have been reported in several areas and localities in Bechar province, Algeria after the heavy rainfalls registered in this region during the last days, <i>APS</I> reported.

Buck’s 1931 novel recounts: “There came out of the south one day a small slight cloud. The men of the village watched it, and ...