While insects provide an essential food source for many vertebrate species, they're more than just a protein-laden snack. Chimpanzees use them to sterilize wounds, and herons use them as fishing bait.

A new review shows that the value of edible insect proteins depends less on the bugs themselves than on how processing shapes ...

In recent years, human population growth, coupled with the climate crisis, environmental pressures, and current production and consumption patterns, has driven the search for alternative food sources.

Eating insects is often seen as a last resort when people are starving, and yet, in the countries where they are widely ...

Mealworms, crickets and ants were on the menu at Case Dining Hall last month to introduce insects as environmentally friendly ...