As a boy in the 1960s, David Wagner would run around his family’s Missouri farm with a glass jar clutched in his hand, scooping flickering fireflies out of the sky. “We could fill it up and put it by ...

Insects are dying in their billions. This is fact, not hyperbole; the global decline is catastrophic. Often dubbed by ...

Christine Picard’s search for a better bug to feed the world starts with dead bodies. Well, not the corpses themselves, but the blow flies, flesh flies, and other squirmy, wriggly things that wing ...

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...

If insects feel pain, insect farming and pest control would cause mass suffering. Yet animal welfare debates and laws almost universally ignore insects. One reason is that, historically, insects were ...

AAAS: "Scientists have only discovered a tiny fraction of living insect species." From half-meter-long moths to fairy wasps smaller than sand grains, insects come in a stunning variety of shapes and ...

Mosquitoes are swarming back into Central Texas after recent storms soaked the region, leaving behind sticky humidity and pockets of standing water — perfect breeding grounds for the pesky insects.

Insects are a nutritious food source that can be produced more sustainably than conventional livestock. While eating insects is common in many world regions, in western cultures it is more likely met ...

At least a trillion insects are killed annually for food and animal feed. Routine slaughter methods include extreme heat and cold, often preceded by starvation. By comparison, “only” around 79 billion ...