It was a house-swarming party. Residents of southeastern Mexico were left in shock after a biblical proportion of locusts swallowed the region’s skies, leading many — including local media — to evoke ...

Desert locusts, a notorious Biblical pest, form some of the largest insect groups in nature and are estimated to threaten the livelihood of one in ten people due to their impact on food security.

JERUSALEM — With Passover just three weeks away, the timing of a massive infestation of locusts in Egypt is striking many Israelis as downright biblical. Millions of the grasshopper-like insects ...

A fourth generation of desert locusts up to 8,000 times larger than previous swarms could destroy crops at the start of the hunger season and leave millions facing food insecurity and famine. This the ...