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Locust swarms will intensify with climate change, threatening food security, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLocust WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images There's a good reason locusts are considered plague-worthy....
‘Anti-cannibalism’ hormone found in locusts could lead to pest control breakthrough
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLocusts avoid being cannibalised by others when they are in swarms by producing a smelly hormone, a...
Cyborg locusts may one day help search-and-rescue missions
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLocusts have strong olfactory senses, but it can be difficult to track their brain activity with...
Erratic weather fueled by climate change will worsen locust outbreaks, study finds
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoExtreme wind and rain may lead to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks, with human-caused...
Insect Farming Isn't Going to Save the Planet
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA farmer holds a handful of locusts in Pakistan. Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg Credit - Getty Images/Bloomberg Creative—© 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP...
Giant, synchronized swarms of locusts may become more common with climate change
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLocust swarms can arise from several locations at once. Research has linked these dramatic events to...
Russia under attack from Ukrainian combat locusts: Russian propaganda invents new story
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRussians are being told by Russian propaganda that Ukrainian fighters have been breeding locusts...
David Rogers’ 'Big Bugs' sculptures to create buzz at The Dawes Arboretum
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe Dawes Arboretum in Licking County has been transformed into a fantastical forest of giants as it...
Experts buy insect from collector — and accidentally find species not seen in 150 years
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn 2022, a group of researchers purchased a collection of insects from a local Brazil collector....
Swarms of these predatory insects have been spotted in Wichita recently. What to know
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDragonflies are a common sight in late summer and early fall in Kansas, whether it be one or two of...