Locust cannibalism is interesting to biologists who want to understand animal behavior, and want to find new ways to protect food crops from being eaten by locust swarms. In 2022 an international ...

During the last major outbreak in the early 2020s, locusts ravaged crops ... per day, eating the same amount of food as 35,000 people. In one phase of its life, the desert locust (Schistocerca ...

“These...swarms...are terrifying,” Albert Lemasulani narrated breathlessly as he recorded a video of himself swatting his way through a crush of desert locusts in ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...

How social distancing for locusts could save crops In the skies with Kenya's locust hunters Kebabs or cannibalism: Novel ways to stop the East African locust swarm This new model predicts where ...

Locusts are known for their massive swarms, in which they devour crops and can destroy ... has the potential to cause the locust populations to self-regulate by eating themselves”.

With each locust consuming up to 2 grams of vegetation every day, a swarm of this size can travel up to 90 miles a day, consuming the same amount of food as 35,000 people.

Most of the time, they exist in a "solitary" phase keeping to themselves and eating comparatively little ... Future methods of locust control could therefore use technology that tips that delicate ...

Billions of locusts swarm across fields in Italy's Sardinia Invasion projected to affect around 60,000 hectares this year Dried fodder and alfalfa among crops ... feeds on the locust's eggs.

Locust hotspots could soon expand due to rising ... Organization Desert locusts can migrate long distances, threatening crops in regions such as North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia ...

A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia. Desert locusts typically ...