There's a good reason locusts are considered plague-worthy. Despite their size, swarms of these insects can cause considerable damage by shredding plant life to bits like ravenous piranhas.. The bugs ...

In case you haven't heard, Massachusetts will soon be swarmed with insects known as cicadas. In next few weeks, the 17-year periodical cicadas, also known as Brood XIV, will emerge. While some people ...

Locusts are prompted to band together in enormous, destructive swarms by the same brain chemical that is linked to happiness in humans. A fascinating new study has found that locusts that are about to ...

A 'game changing' study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust could help combat the crop-ravaging behavior of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis ...

Extreme wind and rain may lead to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks, with human-caused climate change likely to intensify the weather patterns and cause higher outbreak risks, a new study has ...

The continued locust invasion has left farmers and pastoralist living around the horn of Africa. The climatic and ecological conditions in some parts of Kenya are at the highest risk of new swarm ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS • In the basement of Washington University’s Brauer Hall, there’s a room full of locusts. Hundreds in each dimly lit ...

Traditional animal farming has fulfilled human nutritional requirements for protein, but insects may serve as an alternative for direct human consumption in the future. Researchers are working to lay ...

One of the things wrong with the world today is the tragic lack of operas and Broadway plays about insects. Locusts in particular! The scourge of farmers the world over, and even one of the legendary ...