The figures speak for themselves: insects pollinate 80% of flowering plants and are vital for 35% of the world's food production. And yet, they are still “undervalued and understudied ...

Bob Fischer is on the board of the Insect Welfare Research Society and the Arthropoda Foundation. All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all other ...

The steady glow from streetlights is changing the texture of tree leaves, making them less appetizing to insects, according to new research from China. Light pollution and fog combining to blur a ...

Singapore has approved 16 species of insects for sale and consumption in the country, including locusts, grasshoppers, mealworms and several types of beetle. CNN values your feedback 1.

Because, I mean, I'll admit, I shoo away insects all the time. And if I see, say, a black widow spider, I don't think about shooing them as much as I think about squishing them.

Specifically, insects fit within a wide group of crustaceans called allotriocarida that not only includes remipedes, but also other unusual groups such as shrimp-like branchiopods and worm-like ...