In the late eighties large-scale control operations were carried out to control a major desert locust upsurge in Africa. For the first time since the banning of
For thousands of years, humans have found themselves vulnerable to plagues of desert locusts. Some fifty countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia have been
A scientist reconstructs the disappearance of the dreaded locust from American shores, diving into the historical record for evidence of the role of early settl