We know next to nothing about the red locusts that are swarming over Madagascar. But we do know they destroy crops, a plan is needed to fight... For the third year in a row, skies over Madagascar are ...

They might look like harmless grasshoppers, but locusts have an appetite for destruction. When the conditions are right, they transform from mild-mannered loners into gregarious partiers. They swarm, ...

Swarms beginning to spread to east and north-FAO Madagascar govt sees potential risk for 460,000 households Action needed before rainy season, says FAO ROME, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Madagascar is at risk ...

A new study by a research team from Arizona State University has found that climate change will dramatically increase the intensity of locust swarms, resulting in even more crops lost to insect pests ...

Locusts are not just a biblical plague. They're swarming around the world. Still. Again. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the desert locust situation is ...

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 ...

They did it under cover of darkness: mothers, fathers, grandparents, children. Only at night are the locusts still and silent, their thick, yellow bodies roosting on whatever trees, crops, and grasses ...

Hot and rainy weather has led to perfect conditions for locusts to hatch and grow in swarms, eating away at family gardens, grazing fields and even clothes hung out on the line. The state government ...

In case you haven't heard, Massachusetts will soon be swarmed with insects known as cicadas. In next few weeks, the 17-year periodical cicadas, also known as Brood XIV, will emerge. While some people ...

Locusts invaded all the land of Egypt and settled within all the territory of Egypt in a thick mass; never before had there been so many, nor will there ever be so many again. There’s a reason why ...