# Are locust plagues unstoppable?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Jeffrey A. Lockwood
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jeffrey_a_lockwood_are_locust_plagues_unstoppable)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

A ravenous swarm stretches as far as the eye can see. It has no leader or strategic plan; its only goals are to eat, breed, and move on. These are desert locusts— infamous for their capacity for destruction. But most of the time desert locusts are no more dangerous than grasshoppers. So what does it take to turn these harmless insects into a crop-consuming plague? Jeffrey A. Lockwood investigates. \[Directed by Franz Palomares, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu\].

## Lectures

1. [Are locust plagues unstoppable?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jeffrey_a_lockwood_are_locust_plagues_unstoppable/d32e0dd906b9), 6 min (TED's player)