In a new proof of concept, researchers from the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, have ...

But locust experts are improving ways to predict where the swarms will go, to warn people of approaching outbreaks and to potentially spray the bugs with insecticides.

Cicadas are also called Locusts, and those familiar plagues referred to Biblically are from the Seventeen year locust, which I’m going to post about next time. Besides having an unusual lifecycle, ...

The "Big Bugs" exhibition at The Dawes Arboretum opened recently and will showcase ten oversized insect sculptures by artist David Rogers.

David Rogers’ Big Bugs + Pollinators is part of a large-scale sculpture exhibit that highlights the importance of pollinators and insects.

Parts of Africa are currently facing the worst locust swarms in more than a generation, with swarms the size of cities sweeping across countries including Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. The largest ...

This prediction was later seemingly corroborated by laboratory experiments with large locust groups, thereby strengthening the claims of these classical models.

A new sniffing robot equipped with a biological sensor that uses the antennae of locusts could help advance disease diagnosis and improve security checks, its Israeli developers said.

A locust-like robot could prove to be an inspired leap into the future of autonomous surveillance and emergency response systems.  ...

Expect a pretty quiet summer in Iowa, at least as far as cicadas are concerned. Some of the big, loud bugs will emerge, as they do every year. But there will be no large broods to cause a noisy ...

Starting in March: Locust, whose chef, Trevor Moran, is currently up for a James Beard Award, is streamlining service.