IN THE LIST of plagues inflicted upon the people of Egypt in the Book of Exodus, only darkness and death get higher billing than locusts. That ranking is apt. Today, Schistocerca gregaria, also known ...

A single duck can eat more than 200 locusts each day, a researcher tells Bloomberg. However, a China Agricultural University professor reportedly expresses doubts about this solution. Pakistan’s ...

Lou Del Bello is a climate and energy journalist currently living in New Delhi. This story originally featured on Undark. The farmer stands in front of his barren field, dotted with stunted cumin ...

A man chases away a swarm of desert locusts in the bush near Enziu, Kitui County, some 200km east of the capital Nairobi, Kenya. DAI KUROKAWA/EPA The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned ...