Despite their abundance, high protein content, low cost, eco-friendliness and gustatory taste, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that only a quarter of the world's population eat ...

Plants are not entirely at the mercy of their herbivore enemies. Often, chemical defences ensure that the plants are inedible, or even toxic, and as a result insects and other hungry animals steer ...

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Excessive alcohol consumption is a significant public health concern, responsible for approximately 6% of all deaths and contributing to 5.1% of the global disease burden. Alcohol use is a major risk ...

Insects outnumber humans, and indeed almost all animals, in the number of organisms belonging to this class. Scientists say they make up over 950,000 insect species, with about 25,000 being bees, ...

Whenever it rains in Kenya, insects fall a like manna which, coincidentally, means 'given for free' in some Bantu dialects. A once common rainy season delicacy in Kenya is the winged termites, which ...

The degradation of plant defense substances by insect digestive enzymes can influence the insects' preference for certain food plants, a new study now shows for the first time. Scientists studied this ...