Using insects as an alternative source of protein has increased in popularity over the years. While not for everyone, these ...

Eating insects is considered as disgusting or even primitive in Western societies but elsewhere, 2 billion people consume insects on a regularly basis. Now, according to a report released by the UN ...

We are taught to be careful as children; we are cautioned that wasps will sting us, that flies carry diseases, and that beetles can bite. Even bees are to be treated with caution: their honeyed gifts ...

PRINCETON, New Jersey -- Would you eat a cicada? Some high school students in Princeton, New Jersey are using the Brood X cicada emergence to spread the word about the benefits of eating insects. The ...

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization wants to be clear about its new report released today. “We are not saying that people should be eating bugs,” said Eva Muller, Director of FAO’s ...

In the midst of a food allergy epidemic, it is important to be aware of all of the possible allergens that people eat, knowingly or unknowingly. Even in the Western world, we each unwittingly eat ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After 17 years underground, Brood XIV ...

About 70 per cent of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half ...