Pakistan is a frontline country for desert locust due to its two distinct seasons. During spring they are found in Balochistan while they spend the summer in Sindh and Punjab — along the Indian ...

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a warning about a potential desert locust outbreak in Morocco, as swarms continue spreading across North Africa.

Rabat — The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s latest locust monitoring bulletin reports that they have found solitary desert locusts observed throughout March across Morocco’s Draa and ...

a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment. By analyzing the DNA of two 7,000-year-old ... Mar. 18, 2025 — Humans' unique language ...

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Desert locust swarms have been detected in five regions and one city administration across Ethiopia, an official said Saturday. Speaking at a press conference to ...

Please continue to work with FAO; there is still much to be done. The successes we have achieved should not lead to ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — A new study reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and green with rivers and lakes over a period of 8 million years, allowing for ...

Doha – Morocco’s Interior Ministry announced today that the country has heightened its preparedness levels following the detection of limited desert locust swarms in southeastern regions ...

Though its effects are overwhelmingly negative for humans, a new study suggests it’s also partially responsible for making one desert greener and more habitable. As Live Science reports ...

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya ...

In the study, "Greening of the Thar Desert driven by climate change and human interventions, published in Cell Reports Sustainability," researchers conducted an observational analysis using remote ...