In 1937, aboard slowly-moving trains, the Army National Guard used flamethrowers in an attempt to quell a relentless plague of locusts crossing through Colorado. But the flamethrowers failed. And so ...

Millions of locusts stormed southern Russia on Wednesday, conquering roads and filling the sky as the mysterious invasion inflicted considerable harm on valuable farmland. The swarm descended upon the ...

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 ...

A swarm of desert locusts flies over an acacia tree in a remote part of Somalia. (Will Swanson / For The Times) In the distance, it looked like a cloud of confetti. Faisa Abdi Alleh had never seen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a pestilence of biblical proportions. Officials in Spain's Canary Islands are sounding alarm bells after an epic swarm of ...