Hatred is a spiritual sickness that consumes the soul, warps reason, and drives us toward self-destructive actions. Pharaoh’s ...

FOR the past three years an organised effort has been made by the Governments of the South African colonies to destroy the swarms of locusts that from time to time invade the cultivated districts ...

The worst desert locust outbreak in a generation has been decimating crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa. Since January, Kenya Ethiopia, and Somalia have been battling to contain the ...

It was the case of one good story leading to another. After its shocking report Jan. 25 on the locust swarms devastating agriculture in Kenya,AP’s Nairobi team came through with another truly striking ...

The Ten Plagues of Egypt are argued to have been the result of the eruption of Thera or Santorini. Does the evidence really support this?

Buck’s 1931 novel recounts: “There came out of the south one day a small slight cloud. The men of the village watched it, and ...

The economic, human, and environmental impacts of the current locust plague are substantial and could last generations. World Bank estimates—based on projections issued by FAO in March 2020--show that ...

Chinese factories are producing thousands of tonnes of a "green zombie fungus" to help fight the swarms of locusts plaguing east Africa. Metarhizium is a genus of fungi with nearly 50 species ...

Prolonged rains in arid regions had led to an emergence of locusts that quickly became a plague, with an estimated 200 billion individuals. This was caused by our changing climate and the ...

Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) are normally solitary insects, but in crowded conditions, they undergo physical and behavioral changes and become 'gregarious', clustering in swarms that can ...

Some states have spotted cicadas starting to emerge. Will they come to Ohio in 2024? Learn and explore with this interactive map.