Australia faces worst plague of locusts in 75 years - Nature, Environment - The Independent

Australia faces worst plague of locusts in 75 years - Nature, Environment - The Independent: "Australia's Darling river is running with water again after a drought in the middle of the decade reduced it to a trickle. But the rains feeding the continent's fourth-longest river are not the undiluted good news you might expect. For the cloudbursts also create ideal conditions for an unwelcome pest – the Australian plague locust."