For Midwest farmers in the 1870s, it was if doomsday had come, and the horseman was the Rocky Mountain Locust.

A terrifying locust plague swept across Ukraine, devouring all the crops in its path. Dramatic footage captured by Katerina Horbunova shows thousands of insects flying across the clear blue sky in ...

Millions of dollars will be spent to combat an “apocalyptic” locust plague gripping western Queensland in what is being described as the worst outbreak in years.

KUSHUHUM, Ukraine, July 30 (Reuters) - A massive locust invasion is threatening sunflower and other crops in Ukraine's southern regions, largely caused by the war against Russia's invasion that makes ...

Huge swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, prompting authorities Tuesday to step up their response to the country's worst plague in nearly three decades.

ROME (Reuters) - Madagascar is at risk of a significant plague of crop-eating locusts, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Thursday, calling for action before the rainy season. An ...

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 lead ...