In the natural world, animals rely on perceiving a range of signals to survive—and for insects, olfactory cues are ...

Locusts are usually harmless loners. But together, they become plagues. When conditions are right, solitary locusts begin congregating and transmogrifying into their “gregarious” form ...

Cicadas and locusts may both swarm and buzz, but they’re very different insects. Here's how to tell them apart.

Taken as individuals, locusts are largely harmless insects much like ordinary grasshoppers, but when gathered together in their notorious swarms they can cause all kinds of environmental ...

In the natural world, animals rely on perceiving a range of signals to survive-and for insects, olfactory cues are ...

August 2025. Boyd Webb, AgForce Sheep, Wool and Goat President. It's time to voice the concerns of many central and ...

In the near(ish) future we could be using cyborg locusts as sniffer dogs to detect explosives, according to a new proof of concept study. A team showed that locusts could smell different amounts ...

Could cyborg locusts be the bomb-sniffing dogs of the future? Scientists who received funding from the U.S. Navy revealed last week that they were able to program the bugs to sense various ...

Bomb-sniffing 'cyborg locusts' could be the next wave in national security, according to military news agency Stars and Stripes.