On the ground in West Africa, aid workers encounter Ebola and other tropical diseases. Plus, insects unlike anything many of us had ever seen.

Desert Locusts Plague West Africa Swarms of desert locusts many miles long descended on West Africa this summer and ... You're talking about an insect that's quite capable of moving 500 miles in a ...

Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...

A tiny green grasshopper-shaped parasite has infested cotton crops across West Africa and slashed output forecasts for the 2022/23 season, industry representatives said. DAKAR, Oct 14 (Reuters ...

One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...

THE following observations in connection with the wild silk-producing insects of West Africa may be considered of interest. In parts of Nigeria (Ibadan, Ilorin, &c.) the cocoons of Anaphe infracta ...

There's a mystery in West Africa that's puzzled scientists for years. Strange circles of bare soil appear in grassland; they're commonly called "fairy circles." These naturally occurring shapes ...

Analysis - Thrips are tiny insects - their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they cause to crops is anything but small. A 2021 research ...

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF ) are partnering with PROteINSECT on how to use ‘Insects as feed in West Africa’.

Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally recognised for its astounding biodiversity.Beneath the surface of this ...

World’s largest insect faces extinction: how to save two species of Africa’s giant Goliath beetle Luca Luiselli, The Rivers State University of Science and Technology Thu, February 27, 2025 at ...