From cricket flour to fried grasshoppers, insect-based foods are gaining traction in supermarkets. Yet debates about safety, ...

The Michigan State Dairy Store partnered with the MSU Department of Entomology for the Excellence in Insect Science Symposium, a two-day event that finishes on May 17, to create a new ice cream flavor ...

Children and adults are in for a crunchy treat. Residents will have the chance to eat bugs, including cricket tacos, at Oxnard’s third annual Insect Festival Saturday at Plaza Park. The free event ...

Segenet Kelemu, during her presentation, said insects are a good alternative food source, because they have a high protein content and are rich in micronutrients like zinc and iron. Credit: Courtesy ...

You’ve probably heard the familiar chirping of crickets outside your home. Some people consider these noisy little critters to be pests. Some consider them to be harmless but annoying. Others consider ...

This type of flower, also known as acheta powder, is a wonderful source of protein, even better than chicken, beef, and eggs.

The mole cricket is an invasive pest that attacks turfgrass and other plants. This unique insect gets its name from its huge forelegs, which it uses to tunnel through the dirt like a mole. It damages ...

CHICAGO - My parents emptied their bags searching for a cricket. We were leaving for South Korea from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport that night and the insect had shown itself to a ...

Unusual food items like silkworm dry chili, silkworm soup, cricket fry, praying mantis tandoori, black soldier fly masala, ...

"The large heath butterfly pollinates plants including cross-leaved heath; the bog bush cricket helps break down decomposing ...

It's Thursday and another chance to fire off a few up or down thumbs about some of news developments in our neck of the woods and elsewhere: [THUMBS UP] We're not going to say we love the transfer ...