Researchers show that the migratory locust Locusta migratoria produces the compound phenylacetonitrile (PAN) to defend itself against feeding attacks by conspecifics as population density increases.

The year 2020 may be one for the record books in terms of apocalyptic tidings. In addition to the usual background of fires, floods, and earthquakes, the plague is still around. And you might have ...

What causes solitary, harmless insects to radically change their behavior and form huge migrating swarms? TAU researchers propose an original scientific explanation. The researchers: "When a solitary ...

It’s been a tough year around the world. When it seemed like things couldn’t get any worse, locust swarms started making headlines for wreaking havoc in East Africa, the Middle East and India. For ...

Africa is currently experiencing two locust outbreaks both due to unusual climatic conditions. These two outbreaks are unrelated but are due to the unusually high rainfall and flooding in the areas ...

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Huge swarms of migratory locusts take on the proportions of natural disasters and threaten the food supply of millions of people, especially in Africa and Asia. As the eighth of the ten biblical ...