Current event articles on insects and butterflies. Read about insect bites, butterfly migration, caterpillar growth, which insects are beneficial and how to deal with pests.

This exclusive excerpt from "On Eating Insects: Essays, Stories and Recipes" shows how eating insects may not be as sustainable as it seems.

Some insects have quite the sweat tooth Sweat is essential to keeping humans cool and comfortable, but some insects also need our sweat to survive. Animals.

For years, edible insects have been billed as the next sustainable food revolution. Daisy Dunne explores why we still haven’t developed a taste for grub ...

The insects can be dated back to the Cretaceous period, which occurred 99 million years ago. The animals were all preserved in pieces of amber from a mine in northern Myanmar.

ROMEThe United Nations says eating insects may combat global hunger and boost health worldwide by reducing malnutrition and even air pollution. The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ...

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not ...

In a recent study, Sharps and fellow researchers surveyed 603 adults in the U.K. and found that only 13% of respondents said they would be willing to regularly consume insects, compared to 47% who ...

Tyson, a major US producer of beef, pork and chicken, is betting on protein that comes from insects. The meat processor said on Tuesday that it has invested in Protix, a Netherlands-based insect ...

Welcome to the third and final installment of my stress series, in which I ask whether the organisms I talk about the most on this blog—plants, microbes, and insects—get stressed out.

Moths and other insects aren’t drawn to nighttime illumination for the reasons we think they are. Skip to main content. Scientific American. May 14, 2024. 3 min read.