A plague of locusts considered “extremely alarming” is headed toward Africa and the Middle East but is likely to bypass Israel. The locusts are breeding and forming new swarms in the Horn of ...

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 ...

An average swarm can destroy crops sufficient to feed 2,500 people for a year, according to the FAO Swarms of desert locusts that have been devouring crops and pasture in the East Africa region ...

Vosshall added that pesticides "are the only effective weapon for fighting such locust plagues," but the size and unpredictability of the swarms force governments and farmers to spray it ...

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 ...

The growing swarms spread to new areas, disrupting the food supply, upending livelihoods and requiring substantial resources to address. The economic, human, and environmental impacts of the current ...

It was on a cool Tuesday afternoon that the residents of Sinanché, a small town in southeastern Mexico, first heard the hissing. Looking out their windows, the leaves of the fruit trees in their ...

“We are following the movement of the plague,” Héctor Medina ... Aires grain exchange said they were less worried by the locust swarm than issues of dry weather impacting crops.

Muse Aarinte watched helplessly as a swarm of locusts swept into his village, devouring all the crops, bushes and even the leaves on the trees. Now he fears a plague is coming. Geerisa village ...

“The swarms of locusts are feeding in a non-discriminatory ... causing massive hunger and deaths across the region. The current locust plague originated in the Middle East and is the world ...