Swarms of locusts expected to plague Africa and Middle East, UN group says
The swarms represent “an unprecedented threat to food security,” according to the Locust Watch website.
A locust is held by Israeli researcher at the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Life Sciences December 22, 2015. Israeli researchers have developed a high-jumping locust lookalike robot that they hope could one day replace humans in military or search-and-rescue operations. P(photo credit: NIR ELIAS / REUTERS)
