Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

Many Michiganders are preparing for the swarms of mayflies that occur in early summer. Here's what to know about the insects.

Whether you live in a high-rise apartment in a busy city like Mumbai or a house in a quiet Tier-2 town, insects are a normal ...

A new course during the spring semester showed how bugs can be used as an environmentally friendly, healthy source of protein ...

Even better, they’re much more sustainable. Insects need very little space, water, or food to grow, and they produce far ...

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Just like “the dress” divided the internet a decade ago, the insect smell question is one of the latest debates.  So, why do ...

Get to know the bat-eared fox, an insect-eating creature found in the grasslands and savannas of Africa (and also the Smithsonian's National Zoo.) ...

Scientists discovered a caterpillar that lives in spider webs, eating the bugs that get stuck - including the spider that ...

The debate over eating insects has sparked countless dinner table arguments, with some folks praising crickets as the next ...