Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops. “There’s one right there,” ...

I was startled. A praying mantis materialized in the flowers, inches from my hand. I was watering with a hose, and the big bug made its way gingerly up a nearby fence to escape the water. I was ...

Sure, the Mormon cricket is just an insect, but that name, frankly, just bugs the heck out of a Utah lawmaker. And he wants to change it. Introduced by Rep. Doug Owens, a Millcreek Democrat, HB348 ...

MILLARD COUNTY, Utah — They're back! Pesky Mormon crickets have recently been spotted on and near the freeway that runs through the small town of Fillmore in central Utah. Farmers whose fields are ...

TREMONTON, Utah (Utah News Dispatch) — If the drought isn’t enough, Mormon crickets are starting to show up early in Utah. The insects are native to the Beehive State and the Intermountain West, but ...

The Anabrus simplex doesn’t know it is the subject of new legislation. Neither does the insect know that some consider its name a “victory for Satan.” ...

ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) — Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops. “There ...

If the drought isn’t enough, Mormon crickets are starting to show up early in Utah. The insects are native to the Beehive State and the Intermountain West, but in big numbers they threaten crops, ...