It's the worst locust infestation India has seen since 1993, according to the country's Locust Warning Organisation (LWO), but the swarms aren't new to the nation.

As India continues its battle with the coronavirus pandemic a new kind of invasion is threatening to destroy vital crops and vegetation – the worst locust swarm the country has seen in almost 30 ...

The locusts had flown into India from their breeding areas in Pakistan, Om Prakash, a Rajasthan-based plant protection officer for the Locust Warning Organization, said earlier in June.

In a new proof of concept, researchers from the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, have ...

India battling heat wave, worst locust invasion in decades amid coronavirus By . Associated Press. Published May 28, 2020, 2:38 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

The swarms cover more than 50,000 hectares of western India, according to the BBC. Neighboring Pakistan declared a national emergency as a result of the locust swarms earlier this year, Pakistani ...

A fresh swarm of desert locusts has entered Uttar Pradesh, India’s biggest sugarcane grower, via capital city Delhi and the northern state of Haryana, according to the federal farm ministry.

India, battling its worst desert locust outbreak for decades, pressed into service 12 drones to track the movement of locusts and spray insecticides on the swarms.

India has made the same offer to Iran, which responded positively, Indian officials said. Indian scientists said that in a single day, a modest locust swarm can travel 125 miles, and eat as much ...

One plague was apparently not enough. A swarm of locusts descended upon northern India Saturday, threatening the capital of New Delhi, the BBC reported. The locusts put the government and residents… ...