To a human, microplastics are very small at less than 5 millimeters (mm) wide. But to an insect, microplastics might be the same size as the food they usually eat. Researchers reporting in ACS’ ...

Vietnamese edible insect startup Cricket One – which processes crickets raised by local cassava farmers in abandoned shipping containers that have been kitted out as intensive breeding units - has ...

Common European spittlebugs secretly spread a deadly bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, threatening over 600 plant species.

People are eating insects for fun, and we want to know why anyone would ever voluntarily put a bug in their mouth. We're not talking about eating them for the wow factor like kids do with scorpion ...

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About 2 billion people in more than 100 countries already include insects in their diets. But, eww. Is it just me or has food gotten kind of weird lately? First, we had the launch of plant-based meats ...