New research is reshaping our understanding of one of nature's most stunning yet destructive phenomena -- massive locust swarms moving together. New research published in Science is reshaping our ...

Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something—like intense rainfall—triggers them to swarm in vast numbers, often with devastating consequences. This migratory pest can reach ...

Instead of moving from locust clump to locust clump in a connected patchwork, predators are faced with a giant clump that is more separated from neighboring swarms and is thus harder to locate and ...

Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) are normally solitary insects, but in crowded conditions, they undergo physical and behavioral changes and become 'gregarious', clustering in swarms that can ...

The Navy's new LOCUST (Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology) launchers fire a swarm of drones that can jam enemy communications, and waste enemy resources by drawing fire. The launchers are capable of ...

They had been researching and tracking vast numbers of desert locusts swarming across northern Kenya and a new generation was now hatching in Turkana, Kenya's poorest region. We had to mobilise ...