They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

Did you know your lipstick might be made from beetles? Or that some cat food may soon be made from flies? All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all other ...

Insects are fascinating and highly diverse animals who far too often are written off as pests and nuisances whose lives are totally disposable. However, their global presence and ubiquity are ...

Are insects really declining as badly as previous studies have forecasted? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of more than a dozen researchers ...

Could insect meal and lab-grown meat be a more sustainable, ethical way to feed our cats and dogs? Insect-protein entrepreneurs looking for open-minded eaters could hardly do better than a dog like ...

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