Today in Thailand, crickets, silkworm pupae and giant water bugs are ... Crossley’s personal favorite insect dish? Candied Japanese beetles covered in butter and sugar. “Any day, I’ll eat that,” he ...

There are over 700 different species of tree frog in existence. While they can vary significantly in terms of both physiology ...

The seasonal phenomenon has become increasingly common in recent weeks, with thousands of crickets covering roadways and ...

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

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...

Newly discovered dibilinoxanthinin binds both yellow- and blue-hued molecules to camouflage upland green bush crickets ...

Even better, they’re much more sustainable. Insects need very little space, water, or food to grow, and they produce far fewer greenhouse gas emissions. For example, crickets need 12 times less feed ...

From a distance, a green bush cricket (Tettigonia cantans) can easily be mistaken for a plant appendage, and that's exactly ...

Soon, hopes Kiggundu Islam, chairman of the local bush cricket trappers association, they’ll be filled with millions of the nearly three-inch-long insects. A slow shutter speed captures flight ...

Wild wasps in Japan eat more than insects—new research reveals a diverse diet and flavor differences in edible larvae known ...

When we think about the future of food, it’s unlikely that crickets, meal worms or grasshoppers come to mind. But believe it or not, insects might just be one of the most promising answers to ...