After months of building, the biggest locust swarm recorded in 70 years swept across 10 countries in East Africa in spring 2020. The damage to crops was estimated at $8.5 billion (€8.1 billion) in a ...

New research is reshaping our understanding of one of nature’s most stunning yet destructive phenomena —  massive swarms of desert locusts.

A study recently published in Science has found that classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms—an ecological phenomenon that affects ...

Desert locusts, a notorious Biblical pest, form some of the largest insect groups in nature and are estimated to threaten the livelihood of one in ten people due to their impact on food security.

In recent months, swarms have spread to the Middle East as well as western Asia. The locust swarms are expected to peak in July, as a wetter-than-normal monsoon arrives. Continued rains through ...

Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops, trees, and pastureland, destroying food and vegetation and jeopardizing food security across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia. The World Bank is ...

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 swarm can eat enough food to feed 34 million people in just one day. And within a year, the locusts destroyed over 170,000 acres of land in Somalia and Ethiopia — where people rely on crops ...

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 ...

Virtual reality platform uncovers the collective behavior of swarming locusts. Their research could help secure agricultural lands and food supply. https://p.dw.com/p ...