Amidst a wave of locust swarms sweeping across western and northwestern India, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW) has stepped up locust control operations in the affected ...

Government has intensified Locust control operations in seven states. These are Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra. In total 60 ground control teams of ...

A new early warning tool developed by British scientists will help control devastating locust swarms. Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something - such as an intense rainstorm - ...

This migratory pest can reach plague proportions, and a swarm covering one square kilometre can consume enough food in one day to feed 35,000 people. Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until ...

Officials are trying to avoid a repeat of the 2004 locust swarm in Senegal and other parts of Africa. REUTERS Diplomats and analysts aren't the only ones preoccupied by the armed clashes and ...

A 2 to 3 km long swarm of locusts which was in Gurugram on Saturday has reached Kasganj and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, instead of heading towards Delhi. “They will not come to Delhi now,” KL Gujjar, ...

New research published in Science is reshaping our understanding of one of nature’s most stunning yet destructive phenomena — massive locust swarms moving together. A team of researchers, including ...

The agricultural authority is calling for a cooperative mechanism between China and Pakistan to enhance communication on desert locust control to prevent the current plague from worsening in Pakistan ...

New Delhi, Jul 22 () As the fight against locust swarms continue, the Centre on Wednesday said control operations have so far been carried out in 3,83,631 hectares area in 10 states, and some minor ...

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture--Scientists working to eradicate the species of desert locust that ravages crops in biblical proportions are focusing their efforts on females that generally only ...

The propensity of locusts to form huge swarms and blanket landscapes may have evolved as a strategy to disrupt foraging by predators such as small mammals, lizards, and birds, according to research ...