In fact, just this week, massive clouds of desert locusts battered cars crossing the Sahara and descended on tourists in the Canary Islands. But what causes them to start swarming in the first place?

Drivers crossing the Sahara encountered massive swarms of locusts slamming into their cars. “We went through a few intense ...

Drivers in the Sahara Desert were surprised by massive swarms of locusts crashing against their cars during a recent ...

It was a pestilence of biblical proportions. Officials in Spain’s Canary Islands are sounding alarm bells after an epic swarm of locusts descended upon the popular vacation destination, as seen in ...

SWARMS of locusts arriving from the Sahara have plagued holidaymakers across the Canary Islands, prompting officials to urge calm. Leaders in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura ...

Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something—like intense rainfall—triggers them to swarm in vast numbers, often with devastating consequences. This migratory pest can reach plague ...

As an outbreak of billions of locusts continues to swarm parts of East Africa and devour its vital farmland, the United Nations warned Monday that the region, already suffering from extreme hunger, ...

(CNN) — The Horn of Africa has been hit by the worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. The invasion poses an unprecedented threat to ...

Male locusts have long been observed shielding mates from other males. Researchers say this behavior may also protect the females from desert temperatures. By Gennaro Tomma It may seem like a hopeless ...

Massive swarms of desert locusts are invading east Africa, ravaging crops, decimating pasture and deepening a food crisis in a region where more than 25 million people are already hungry. Desert ...