Insects have been used as model organisms for many decades, including the fruit fly, the cockroach, and the silkworm. ... Insects in Medicine. News-Medical, viewed 14 June 2025, ...

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

As if there weren't enough of them in the world already, scientists have succeeded in cloning flies. The identical fruitflies are the first insects ever cloned, says the Canadian team that created ...

Researchers observed chimps in Gabon applying insects to wounds—and it’s raising big questions about animal altruism and self-medication.

The plant has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for over 2,000 years, however new research from the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA) found that its “leaf extracts have been used to ...

Yang Xingyu, 23, took a liking to fried insects the first time she ate them while touring Lijiang, Yunnan province. "I ate fried locusts and silkworm chrysalis. Although they looked a little weird ...

Insects are also used in medicine and agriculture, serve as omens, and are even the object of board games. And for the Mofu, certain insects "speak" while others, ...

Humans have been fighting mosquitoes and other menacing insects for centuries. But humans, too, have recruited insects in order to inflict harm. In Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of ...