Bugs! It's what's for dinner. At least that's the pitch that the University of Minnesota Entomology Department will be making at an event this Saturday, the Great Minnsect Show, that will give the ...

How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.

When the Brood X cicadas emerged in March 2021, a flurry of news articles and social media posts followed, with a curious suggestion: eating them. Recipes and advice for the best ways to cook these ...

PRINCETON, New Jersey -- Would you eat a cicada? Some high school students in Princeton, New Jersey are using the Brood X cicada emergence to spread the word about the benefits of eating insects. The ...

Noor Bin Ladin, a right-wing influencer, stridently declares "I don't want to eat the bugs" on a talk show hosted by a former adviser to US President Donald Trump. Laurent Duplomb, a senator from the ...

On Monday morning, students filtered into the cafeteria at Whitehaven Elementary STEM School, as the song “The Ants Go Marching” played through a speaker. Then, once more than 300 children had packed ...

Cicada nymphs in butter and garlic, prepared by entomologist Tad Lankoski, during a demonstration at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield, Missouri. Many ...

In the midst of a food allergy epidemic, it is important to be aware of all of the possible allergens that people eat, knowingly or unknowingly. Even in the Western world, we each unwittingly eat ...