Historical texts, from official records to personal chronicles, are revealing how 16th-century weather shaped Transylvanian ...

The worst desert locust outbreak in a generation has been decimating crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa. Since January, Kenya Ethiopia, and Somalia have been battling to contain the ...

Some states have spotted cicadas starting to emerge. Will they come to Ohio in 2024? Learn and explore with this interactive map.

High-density swarms of plague locusts are popping up across western NSW, prompting calls for farmers to be proactive.

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A plague of locusts considered “extremely alarming” is headed toward Africa and the Middle East but is likely to bypass Israel. The locusts are breeding and forming new ...

The economic, human, and environmental impacts of the current locust plague are substantial and could last generations. World Bank estimates—based on projections issued by FAO in March 2020--show that ...

Early American colonists would call cicadas locusts, as they were reminded of the biblical plague of locusts due to the ...

In the wake of the plague of locusts, Pharaoh himself admitted (Exodus 10:16), “I have sinned to God.” The silver screen has always had a morbid fascination with disasters of biblical proportions.

The eighth plague to the Egyptians (and the first one in Parashat Bo) was locusts. Perhaps locusts with their single-minded purpose mirror something about the Israelites’ relationships.

FOR the past three years an organised effort has been made by the Governments of the South African colonies to destroy the swarms of locusts that from time to time invade the cultivated districts ...