How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...

Cameras that photograph insects overnight and AI that identifies them are among a new generation of tools that could finally ...

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Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.

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If you’ve ever noticed the buzz, chirps and rustles intensifying around your campsite at dusk, you’re onto something. But the real story behind insect activity is more nuanced than you might think.

Possibly one of the most terrifying flying insects that you’re ever likely to encounter is the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia). Asian giant hornets have a wingspan of around three inches and a ...

Water striders are the only insect that live entirely on the ocean’s surface. By some estimates, insects make up 80 percent ...

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

AMES, Iowa – A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to be controlled? Or not? That farmer can snap a picture, use a ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...