The 16-ounce jar of peanut butter in your pantry can contain up to 136 insect parts before it is deemed contaminated, according to the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels guide. This may sound ...

As the vertebrate monsters have waxed and waned, the insects have gone on mating and hatching and, as they do, populating every swamp, tree, and patch of soil. We talk about the age of dinosaurs ...

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 ...

Oct. 3, 2024 — According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. This asteroid impact caused a global mass extinction but also ...

Edible insects are often portrayed as something of a sustainable superfood - an environmentally friendly alternative to livestock. But who is already eating them and do they actually taste any good?

While these insects don’t bite or spread disease, no one likes to see tiny winged bugs flying out of otherwise clean sinks. If you see drain flies in your bathroom, follow these steps to ...

But these loathsome pests represent an almost unimaginably small fraction of the planet’s insect diversity. Scientists have discovered about one million species so far, and they estimate there ...

We’re currently testing the Zevo Flying Insect Trap and the Zevo Max Flying Insect Trap. Unless you’re an entomologist, you’re probably not excited about having bugs in your house.

Some viruses even use multiple hosts to spread their infections—such as arboviruses that use insects to move their infections to mammalian hosts like humans. Understanding how they move through ...

Insects aren't just an unusual accompaniment to wine. Eating them could help sustain Earth's booming population, as Museum scientist Dr Duncan Sivell reveals. Superhero movies may be popular right now ...

Some of them are very strange-looking, aren't they? These bugs are called insects. Insects come in all different shapes and sizes. They live everywhere and there are millions and millions of them ...

The bowtie-wearing edible insect is coated in milk chocolate and ... Store Cupboard Essential; Top Tipple; Health & Beauty; ...