And while dead rising from their tombs and a red mist descending are common, a swarms of insects - specifically locusts - filling the sky are perhaps the most persuasive image of the end of times.

Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) are normally solitary insects, but in crowded conditions, they undergo physical and behavioral changes and become 'gregarious', clustering in swarms that can ...

In recent months, swarms have spread to the Middle East as well as western Asia. The locust swarms are expected to peak in July, as a wetter-than-normal monsoon arrives. Continued rains through ...

A second invasion by desert locusts has hit East Africa in just a few months, as younger and more aggressive swarms hatch and spread across a region already battling hunger and coronavirus ...

East Africa has been hit by its worst locust invasion in 25 years A swarm of what appeared to be locusts forced a passenger plane off its course in Ethiopia, the flight operator says. Pilots were ...

The Navy's new LOCUST (Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology) launchers fire a swarm of drones that can jam enemy communications, and waste enemy resources by drawing fire. The launchers are capable of ...

Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops, trees, and pastureland, destroying food and vegetation and jeopardizing food security across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia. The World Bank is ...

Argentina and Brazil are monitoring the movement of a 15-square-kilometer locust swarm in Argentina’s northeast, though authorities and specialists said so far it had not caused significant ...