DERA GHAZI KHAN: A severe locust infestation has struck the rural areas of Chakmat/Ozan, near Chowk Rujhan, causing extensive damage to standing crops and posing a serious threat to the local ...

After snails, farmers in Idukki battling spotted locust infestation; experts say change in climate pattern could be a cause Plantations of over 70 farmers severely affected by the spotted locust ...

The International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA), based in San Salvador, issued an alert on Wednesday regarding a locust infestation affecting fields in Central America and ...

Farmers in Assam's Gohpur region are suffering from a devastating locust infestation that has destroyed large areas of paddy crops. Despite the crisis, no aid has been provided by the agriculture ...

Not all grasshoppers are locusts, and the swarms aren’t quite as big as they were in the 1800s, but grasshoppers and Mormon crickets remain a persistent risk to agriculture, inflicting significant ...

Vietnam recorded locust swarms destroying around 4,000 hectares of forests and crops each year during the 2016-18 period. The severity of these infestations declined during 2019-2023. In recent years, ...

Several Northern California cities in Placer County reported an unusual increase in locust or Melanoplus grasshopper infestations that migrate from the wild into neighborhoods for food and eat ...

Learn how climate change is contributing to the worsening of locust outbreaks, posing a threat to food security and livelihoods. Find out the correlation between locust infestations and extreme ...

In 2019, the worst locust infestations in a generation began descending on a stretch of the globe from East Africa to central India.

Locusts can destroy grain crops and pastures, threatening people's livelihoods. In an international project, researchers from DLR have now developed methods to help detect locust outbreaks as early as ...

ISLAMABAD — The U.N. food agency is warning that a widespread locust infestation in several Afghan provinces is of “huge concern” and could possibly decimate a quarter of the wheat crop. A ...