It’s still unofficial grasshopper season in Southern Nevada, but it’s hard to pin down whether or not there are higher populations than usual, unlike the masses of Mormon crickets in Northern Nevada ...

I’ve been looking forward to Independence Day. I have been hoping for independence from voles, rabbits, ground squirrels, mice, cottonwood seeds, falling leaves (in summer!) and weedy grasses. Now the ...

LAS VEGAS -- A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago. Nevada State Entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to determine how the six-legged creatures are responding to a warming world and to ...

Grasshoppers are seen near North Hualapai Way and 215 Beltway in Northwest Las Vegas on Thursday, July 25, 2019. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) ...