The African fermented locust bean, popularly known as iru or dawadawa, is a traditional ingredient that has been used for ...

A study recently published in Science has found that classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms—an ecological phenomenon that affects millions ...

East Africa is seeing its worst swarms of locusts in many decades. How can these ravenous pests be stopped? Drawn to an emaciated avocado drooping from a drying mother tree, Esther Ndavu wonders aloud ...