Residents of southeastern Mexico were left in shock after locusts swallowed the region's skies, leading many — including local media — to evoke passages from the Bible.

A swarm of locusts is plaguing farmlands on the Italian island of Sardinia in what farmers have called the worst infestation since the end of World War II.

Titanic swarms of desert locusts resembling dark storm clouds are descending ravenously on the Horn of Africa. They're roving through croplands and flattening farms in a devastating salvo experts ...

East Africa is seeing its worst swarms of locusts in many decades. How can these ravenous pests be stopped?

Huge, biblical locust swarms can't be stopped, but the aim is to contain the outbreaks of hundreds of millions of voracious, swarming insects.

Billions of locusts have swarmed over at least eight East African countries, consuming crops so rapidly that experts fear widespread famine.

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Titanic swarms of desert locusts resembling dark storm clouds are descending ravenously on the Horn of Africa. They're roving through croplands and flattening farms in a devastating salvo experts ...

Locusts have been congregating in dozens of East African and West Asian countries in 2020, in the worst swarms in decades (Credit: Getty Images) ...

They're swarming in gargantuan numbers in parts of Africa and South Asia — and posing a major threat to the food supply. If you have questions about these insects, we have answers.