That creepy-crawly feeling you get thinking about eating bugs? It might be time to get over it. While Western cultures still wrinkle their noses at insect protein, a quiet revolution is transforming ...

After a fairly mild winter, as expected there are numerous pests in our vegetable gardens, flower beds, and landscapes. There are mainly three kinds of harmful pests but do remember we also have in ...

Many people are repulsed at the idea of eating insects, whether freeze-dried or still very much alive and wriggling. But do those same reservations extend to what they feed their beloved pets? Not if ...

A new type of insect repellent will be making its way to drugstore shelves — and it smells like grapefruit. Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it had approved a new ingredient, ...

This research was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (32372775), Central Public-interest Scientific ...

This Aussie bug is breaking records — and possibly a few branches. Scientists have discovered a hefty new species of stick insect in a remote Australian rainforest, and it could be the heaviest ever ...

During the warmer months, bug bites — like sunburns — are sometimes an unfortunate consequence of spending time outdoors. But bites from mosquitoes, ticks and other insects can be much more than just ...

Taking a big view of the so-called Insect Apocalypse finds some possible winners among the losers, plus a lot of things we don’t know yet. Overheated end-times terms have popped up during the last few ...

It can be distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for ...