Israel is in the grip of a locust invasion. Farmers are seeing their crops gobbled up in minutes - and some people are taking a novel approach to pest control. Eating them. Rabbi Ari Zivotofsky's ...

The locust swarms affecting East Africa continue to cause problems. Farmers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia and Ethiopia have good reason to look at the skies in trepidation, because locusts can ...

Eleven people have died in the past two weeks in central Sudan after a swarm of grasshoppers caused an asthma epidemic. More than 1,600 people have been taken to hospital, health officials in the ...

Scientists have shown for the first time that insects, like mammals, use vision rather than touch to find footholds. They made the discovery thanks to high-speed video cameras -- technology the BBC ...

Cornwall Wildlife Trust said only one or two of the species were spotted in the UK each year An Egyptian locust has been spotted in a Cornwall garden. Cornwall Wildlife Trust said the insect, ...

Can computer games improve mental health? Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires People in Kenya have been paid to catch swarms of locusts eating farmers’ crops. The insects are full of ...

They’re healthy; they’re plentiful; they’re kosher. Just in time for Passover, some Israelis are taking advantage of a swarm of locusts flying in from Egypt to whip up a unique holiday snack. The ...