Francis Xavier Tran Duc Quyen has been having sleepless nights since yellow-spined bamboo locusts started devouring crops in Nghe An province in north-central Vietnam about two weeks ago. The ...

A swarm of desert locusts have returned to parts of North Rift, causing panic among farmers more than a month after the insects left the region. Maize farmers across the region who are currently ...

As Africa continues to deal with its worst locust infestation in 25 years, experts warn that the problem could get much worse if not taken care of soon. Experts suspect that the infestation is a ...

Intensive ground and aerial control operations were mounted in Iran (712 000 ha), Saudi Arabia (219 000 ha) and Sudan (105 000 ha) this year that undoubtedly reduced locust populations but could not ...

A new early warning tool developed by British scientists will help control devastating locust swarms. Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something - such as an intense rainstorm - ...

An “extremely dangerous increase” in locust swarm activity has been reported in Kenya, East Africa's economic hub, regional authorities reported last week. One swarm measured 60 kilometers (37 miles) ...