Thai edible insect business is booming. Can it inspire the world? Growing up in Thailand’s northeastern Isan region, Suwimon ...

A cricket’s diet will depend on the type of cricket in question. Many feed on plants, while some favor feeding on weak and dead insects. Some may even feed on fabrics if nothing else is readily ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have found only about 1 million species, that means more than 4.5 million species ...

And what do their lives tell us about the evolution of sonic communication? Here I will focus, as in my recently published book, Sounds Wild and Broken, on a cricket-like insect called Permostridulus, ...

Thiong'o Gachie has found a unique balance after venturing into both Black Soldier Flies (BSF) and cricket farming at a time when both insects have garnered global attention as eco-solutions for ...

The Commission implementing regulation requires both the scientific name of the insect (for instance, Acheta domesticus - house cricket), and its common name (house cricket)", the International ...

In some regions of the world, wild-caught insects have been a valuable source of protein for centuries. However, the mass ...

Some creatures are harmless, yet they often spark revulsion just because of their appearance. One of these is an easy-going ...

Summer is a busy, noisy time for insects. The season’s long, sunny days are filled with their sounds. Crickets are singing loudly to serenade a mate, the calls of water boatmen are reverberating ...

Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than ...

Sawyer, age 8, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and ...