Due to torrential rainfall and flooding, the southern Indian district of Yadgir has suffered devastating crop losses, The Hindu reported. Floods destroyed more than 350,000 acres of farmland in August ...

Have you ever considered the environmental factors that are necessary to allow you to enjoy a piece of fruit? A severe hailstorm, which caused extensive damage to apple orchards in Kashmir, India, ...

Locust outbreaks, which cause considerable crop losses, affect a quarter of the world’s population today. In a recent paper, scientists predict the situation will worsen with climate change, and they ...

GILROY, Calif. (KGO) -- Cherry farmers are hoping and praying all this rain won't wipe out their crops. But signs of damage are already showing. These are the kind of cherries that sell, which is the ...

KUSHUHUM, Ukraine (Reuters) -A massive locust invasion is threatening sunflower and other crops in Ukraine's southern regions, largely caused by the war against Russia's invasion that makes it ...

Periodical cicadas, Brood XIV, will emerge in Massachusetts in the next few weeks. Cicadas, unlike locusts, do not swarm or decimate crops. Both cicadas and locusts are herbivores, but cicadas are ...