In Exodus chapters 10–11, three more horrible plagues from God affect Egypt. Pharaoh hardens his heart twice, and finally relents only after the death of the firstborn. These are the last three ...

It was a house-swarming party. Residents of southeastern Mexico were left in shock after a biblical proportion of locusts swallowed the region’s skies, leading many — including local media — to evoke ...

JERUSALEM — With Passover just three weeks away, the timing of a massive infestation of locusts in Egypt is striking many Israelis as downright biblical. Millions of the grasshopper-like insects ...

IN THE LIST of plagues inflicted upon the people of Egypt in the Book of Exodus, only darkness and death get higher billing than locusts. That ranking is apt. Today, Schistocerca gregaria, also known ...