Q: A couple of doors down from our home there is a large, round-headed shaped tree in the yard that has fairly large clusters of white blooms. Sort of shaped like a cluster of grapes. When we asked ...

Q: Two years ago I had a locust tree cut down and the stump removed. Last year and this year there have been little locust trees growing all over my yard. Is there anything I can do to stop this ...

For many locusts, life in a swarm is a picnic. Crowded conditions create a locust-eat-locust world. But it turns out some migrating insects deploy a “don’t-eat-me” pheromone that can deter their ...

They say when life throws you lemons, you make lemonade. But what happens when life throws swarms of desert locusts your way? You could make fertilizer from those locusts, as a team of innovators in ...

It’s been a tough year around the world. When it seemed like things couldn’t get any worse, locust swarms started making headlines for wreaking havoc in East Africa, the Middle East and India. For ...

A new study conducted by scientists at Michigan State University (MSU) (which has yet to be peer-reviewed) points to a future where insects can be taught to identify diseases or illnesses in humans ...