Swarms of locusts devouring a farmer’s livelihood might sound apocalyptic, but major locust infestations are a regular ...

For many locusts, life in a swarm is a picnic. Crowded conditions create a locust-eat-locust world. But it turns out some migrating insects deploy a “don’t-eat-me” pheromone that can deter their ...

"They dramatically affect people's livelihoods." Farmers combat apocalyptic swarm of insects with groundbreaking solution: 'A ...

A study recently published in Science has found that classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms ...

Locust swarms are particularly hard to defend against because they occur unexpectedly, and scientists have not had much luck predicting when or where they will happen. According to new evidence ...

"They're very destructive when there's a lot of them, but one-on-one, what's not to love?" says Arianne Cease. She's talking about locusts. As the director of Arizona State University's Global Locust ...

When Pharaoh failed to keep his promise to free the Israelites, Moses summoned a swarm of locusts to devour all vegetation in Egypt. In the Old Testament book of ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have recently tackled an age-old mystery recorded in the Bible - the reason behind locusts forming massive, crop-destroying swarms. The team was particularly focused ...

Arizona State University PhD student Sydney Millerwise holds a migratory locust in ASU’s Global Locust Initiative lab. A new study by an ASU team and international collaborators identifies a strategy ...

The propensity of locusts to form huge swarms and blanket landscapes may have evolved as a strategy to disrupt foraging by predators such as small mammals, lizards, and birds, according to research ...

It was a house-swarming party. Residents of southeastern Mexico were left in shock after a biblical proportion of locusts swallowed the region’s skies, leading many — including local media — to evoke ...