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 ...

Two major locust swarms in on opposite ends of the world have raised alarms this week about the biblical damage the pests can inflict on crops as they make their way through swathes of South America ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that the desert locust which is the world’s largest mitigatory crop pest is capable of leading millions of people into food ...

USDA's Agricultural Research Service has released the first high-quality genome of the desert locust, which researchers hope will help reduce dependence on pesticides to control the pest. "Having a ...

In May 2022, the largest locust infestation in a quarter century descended on South Africa’s Eastern Cape, stripping 19,305 square miles of grazing land. With another swarm predicted for September ...

A new study led by scientists from the Chinese MARA-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety has discovered the optimum time to apply safer-to-use and more environmentally-friendly biopesticides to fight ...

A fresh Christmas tree is an annual tradition for many families, but do you know how to check it for pests? As it turns out, Christmas trees provide an easy way for pests to hitch a ride inside your ...

As dawn breaks in central Kenya, a helicopter lifts off in a race to find roosting locusts before the sun warms their bodies and sends them on a ravenous flight through farmland. Pilot Kieran Allen ...

Scientists from the Chinese MARA-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety have created a model which can estimate adult emergence periods and identify migratory populations of the yellow-spined bamboo ...

NOAA is lending technical support to the United Nations in its battle against a massive locust infestation that’s spread from Africa into the Middle East and Asia. NOAA’s assistance is helping ...

MINSK, 17 February (BelTA) – The government has approved an agreement on cooperation between the CIS countries in preventing the spread of locust pests, the Belarusian government’s press service told ...

Keep the critters away this Christmas. Your fresh Christmas tree can play host to several types of pests. To prevent an infestation, it's important to check for pests several times before you bring ...