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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. Sean knows far ...

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 ...

Plagues of locust have threatened agricultural production in Africa, Middle East and Asia for centuries. Desert locusts are potentially the most dangerous of the locust pest because of the ability of ...

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 ...