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 ...

Hundreds of billions of locusts are swarming through parts of East Africa and South Asia in the worst infestation for a quarter of a century, threatening crops and livelihoods. A man attempts to ...

Argentina and Brazil are monitoring the movement of a 15-square-kilometer locust swarm in Argentina’s northeast, though authorities and specialists said so far it had not caused significant ...

An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of India and Pakistan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Large and aggressive swarms of these crop-devouring short-horned insects have ...

The threat of desert locust attack has minimized from 61 districts to only two districts, including Thar Parker and Bahawalpur. According to National Locust Control Centre, it was made possible due to ...