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Locust swarms will intensify with climate change, threatening food security, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLocust WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images There's a good reason locusts are considered plague-worthy....
Insect Farming Isn't Going to Save the Planet
Time via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA farmer holds a handful of locusts in Pakistan. Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg Credit - Getty Images/Bloomberg Creative—© 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP...
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....
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...
Colorado has a pollinator problem. Here's how you can help bring back bees and butterflies
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoIf you savor Palisade peaches, Rocky Ford melons and fresh vegetables from your home garden or enjoy...
Crickets and grasshoppers everywhere!
Times Record News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCrickets and grasshoppers everywhere! Is this an unusual occurrence or summer status quo? Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed an abundance of...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Cicada invasion
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoIt’s about to get loud. Three species of periodical cicadas, known as Brood XIII, are expected to emerge this month from their underground habitats. The nymphs, which began as tiny eggs laid ...
Swarming insects can ‘produce as much electricity as thunderstorm clouds’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years ago‘Exciting new area of empirical research’ reveals atmospheric electric charge helps bees find food...
Drone on: Alabama cicadas get help from a few billion friends
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt reads like a 1950s B-movie horror script: Billions — with a B — red-eyed insects emerge from the...
Like hungry locusts, humans can easily be tricked into overeating
Knowable en Español via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOur bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle —...
