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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Locusts are voracious eaters with appetites that extend to members of their own ...

Locusts are known for their massive swarms, in which they devour crops and can destroy enough food to feed 35,000 people in one day. They are also cannibals, so huge swarms present a danger to the ...

A new study by a research team from Arizona State University has found that climate change will dramatically increase the intensity of locust swarms, resulting in even more crops lost to insect pests ...

They might look like harmless grasshoppers, but locusts have an appetite for destruction. They might look like harmless grasshoppers, but locusts have an appetite for destruction. When the conditions ...