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The new Tel Aviv University robot, with smell capabilities that use a locust's antenna (YouTube screen grab/Tel Aviv University)
January 18, 2023, 2:59 pm
Israeli robot fitted with locust antenna gains scent superpowers
Dog gone? Insect parts are so powerful they could one day replace sniffer dogs and even high-resolution cameras, Tel Aviv scientists predict
By Nathan Jeffay
This handout photo provided by the Agriculture Ministry on July 3, 2022, shows a member of an Israeli delegation sent to Sardinia holding a locust, as the Italian island deals with an outbreak of the insects. (Yoav Motro/Agriculture Ministry)
July 4, 2022, 12:28 am
Israeli locust expert flies to Sardinia to help fight outbreak
Agriculture Ministry’s Dr. Yoav Motro advises Italians on how best to deal with the insects, which have been plaguing the island for 3 years
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Swarms of desert locusts fly up into the air from crops in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya January 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
February 10, 2022, 3:23 am
Biblical plague explained? Israeli study suggests why locusts form massive swarms
Researchers find a bacterial species that proliferates in the insects’ guts when they join a group; the finding could lead to new means for combating outbreaks
By ToI Staff
Part of the Tel Aviv University robot fitted with a locust ear, with the ear visible (courtesy of Tel Aviv University)
March 4, 2021, 1:36 am
Israelis wire locust ear to a robot, pioneering part-animal part-machine tech
Many insects see and hear better than any camera or microphone; that’s why a bug-eyed Tel Aviv team is connecting insect parts to circuits and says this’ll be tomorrow’s tech
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A farmer looks across as swarms of desert locusts feed on her crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya January 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
November 24, 2020, 6:52 pm
Plague-busters: Israeli team combats swarms of locusts in war-torn Ethiopia
To fight the worst Desert Locust threat in 70 years, Start-Up Nation delegation flies in with innovative techniques, utilizing drones and nighttime spraying
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A grasshopper eats wheatgrass at the Hargol grasshoppers breeding farm in Kidmat Tzvi in the Golan Heights on July 12, 2020. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
August 3, 2020, 11:54 am
Plague to protein: Israeli firm seeks to put locusts on the menu
Golan-based Hargol Foodtech aims to produce ‘food of the future’ to replace livestock, but will need to overcome ‘yuck factor’ and win kosher certification
By Jonah Mandel
A locust sitting on a cactus. (Anna Kaplan/ Flash90)
March 16, 2020, 8:38 pm
Plague of locusts set to descend upon Middle East in time for Passover
‘Extremely alarming’ desert locust swarms forming in Horn of Africa — but will skip Holy Land
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Locust eating corn crops (Oleksandr Yuchynskyi, Getty Images)
May 6, 2019, 11:24 am
Locusts spotted infesting Israel’s southeastern Arava area
Agriculture Ministry teams to disperse ‘friendly’ pesticides to stem spread of voracious crop pest
By ToI Staff
Cleaning crews clear locusts out of the Great Mosque in Mecca, January 7, 2019 (screen capture: Twitter)
January 11, 2019, 11:28 am
Mecca’s Grand Mosque plagued by swarm of locusts
Authorities dispatch cleaning crews to eradicate insects for the ‘safety and comfort of guests of God’s house’
By ToI Staff
Slow-cooked ox tail from the May 5, 2015 dinner. (YeahThat’sKosher/Instagram via JTA)
May 21, 2015, 11:31 pm
NYC investigates food poisoning reports from exotic kosher meal
‘Halakhic Dinner’ highlighted unusual fare such as oxtail, locusts, quail eggs and organ meat from various animals
By JTA
Israeli paratroopers in training. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
May 13, 2013, 9:48 am
Troops sprayed instead of locusts
Agriculture Ministry planes accidentally dump pesticide on soldiers instead of insects; no soldiers harmed
By Ilan Ben Zion
A cloud of locusts in southern Israel in March 2013 (photo credit: Dror Garti/Flash90)
May 7, 2013, 2:32 pm
Billions of locust eggs hatch in the Negev
Negev Regional Council head appeals to the prime minister to save the south
By Gavriel Fiske
April 21, 2013, 11:42 pm
Unhatched locusts lurking in Negev prompt panic
Southern council leader warns of ‘natural disaster’ that eggs may unleash; locust expert says things ‘should be under control’
By Ilan Ben Zion
Aircrafts spraying pesticides over agricultural fields in Ramat Negev, March 11, 2013. (Flash90)
March 25, 2013, 11:41 am
Israel fights off locust scourge on Passover eve
Crop dusters bombard latest swarm of grasshoppers with pesticide in an effort to save south’s crops
By Philip Podolsky and Aaron Kalman
A TV reporter holds up one of the yellow locusts that landed in southern Israel on Sunday (photo credit: image capture from Channel 2)
March 24, 2013, 6:38 pm
Fertile locusts swarm into Israel on Passover eve
Arriving with Biblically resonant timing, latest arrivals are ready to reproduce
By Aaron Kalman
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