These were all meant to be small neighborhood operations, and the financial math has changed so much,” the owner said.

At its peak, the Gig Harbor-based hard cider maker had 16 taprooms across Washington, Texas and Colorado. But the company ...

Locust bean gum, also called carob gum, is a natural thickener that’s commonly added to packaged foods and has many uses in cooking and food manufacturing. However, its name (a locust is a type of ...

Locust hotspots could soon expand due to rising temperatures. Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to ...

It’s been a tough year around the world. When it seemed like things couldn’t get any worse, locust swarms started making headlines for wreaking havoc in East Africa, the Middle East and India. For ...

East Africa is seeing its worst swarms of locusts in many decades. How can these ravenous pests be stopped? Drawn to an emaciated avocado drooping from a drying mother tree, Esther Ndavu wonders aloud ...

The U.S. Army is now testing a more lethal 20kW vehicle mounted LOCUST laser weapon system from AeroVironment (AV) Inc.

The US Army is now mounting defense contractor AeroVironment's second-generation Locust Laser Weapon System on some of its ...