In response to the spread of desert locusts in certain neighboring countries, particularly in the Sahel region and ...

New research is reshaping our understanding of one of nature's most stunning yet destructive phenomena -- massive locust swarms moving together.

Morocco’s Interior Ministry announced today that the country has heightened its preparedness levels following the detection ...

For example, insects live in a world of smell, decoding the subtle chemical nuances of scent that waft across their antennae. In the case of locusts—the migratory swarming form of certain asocial ...

stage set for locusts. Sayin had the insects walk on a ball surrounded by panoramic views on screens. These landscapes reconstructed the world in 3D to make the locusts think they were in a swarm ...

Cynthia Waitiri a sales agronomist at Transglobal Distributors Ltd has asked farmers to purchase and install white insect nets on their farms to control locust invasion. This comes as a relief to ...

Greg Sword, Ph.D., studies desert locusts and other swarming insects like crickets and is a researcher in the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute at Texas A&M University. New research ...