How A Brain Chemical Changes Locusts From Harmless Grasshoppers To Swarming Pests

Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 23:35 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have uncovered the underlying biological reason why locusts form migrating swarms. Their findings, reported in Science, could be used in the future to prevent the plagues which devastate crops (notably in developing countries), affecting the livelihood of one in ten people across the globe.

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