Locust swarms could hold the key to developing effective collision avoidance technology for robots, drones and self-driving cars Locusts fly in swarms of millions but a special neuron stops them from colliding Researchers from the US have made an electronic version inspired by the insects The sensor is far less bulky than current alternatives and responds in … Read more
This is the horrifying moment a swarm of locusts sweeps through the streets of India, which now faces the combined woes of coronavirus, a heatwave, deadly floods and the worst locust plague in three decades. Locals ran for shelter as ‘billions and trillions’ of locusts invaded a town, engulfing a staircase and blanketing the sky … Read more
Locusts enter Congo for the first time since 1944 as devastating plague of the insects continues to spread across Africa The UN said the cluster of desert locusts arrived near the town of Bunia on Friday Since spawning on Ethiopia-Somalia border, the swarms have been blown inland Governments are scrambling to prevent billion-strong swarms ravaging crops … Read more