Highlights•Climate change has global and complex impacts on agricultural
ecosystems.•Climate change can affect crop–pest interactions through various routes.•Pest …

All over the world, a large proportion of the population consume insects as part of their diet.
In Western countries, however, the consumption of insects is perceived as a negative …

The explosive expansion of the global population and technological progress has greatly
influenced agriculture and food production. However, this progress is threatened by climate …

It is generally accepted that climate change is having a negative impact on food security.
However, most of the literature variously focuses on the complex and many mechanisms …

Dietary specialization between insect stages can reduce intraspecific food competition. The
involvement of gut bacteria and the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon received …

Increasing amounts of silver iodide (AgI) in the environment are expected because of the
recent massive expansion of weather modification programs. Concurrently …

The term'locusts' refers to insect species which can aggregate into migratory swarms that
cause wide-scale destruction of crops and pasture, causing significant effect to food security …

The COVID-19 pandemic and locust swarm outbreaks pose a significant threat to global
food systems, causing severe disruptions in both local and international food supplies from …

Desert locusts threaten crop production and food security. Spatially synchronized locust
outbreaks further exacerbate these crises. Continental-scale understanding of such …

Social learning is an evolutionarily important ability increasingly attributed also to
invertebrate species. Interfacing robots with animals represents a promising strategy to …