All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

That farmer can snap a picture, use a smartphone or computer to feed the photo into a web-based application called InsectNet ...

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But before you add "eating bugs" to the list of things you'll never ever do, consider this: Insects are actually far more nutritious than other common forms of protein, even fish. For example ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

One study found more than 25 different bee and hoverfly species on apple blossom and showed that insect pollination tripled the production of fruit and boosted its size and quality. The list of insect ...