As global food demand surges, identifying secure methods to minimise agricultural waste grows essential. Scientists ...

I have some coffee grounds that were not used, and these worms appeared in them. Are they a problem? Should I not use the grounds, and should I try to kill the worms? That's a common question about ...

UC Riverside scientists have created a small-scale system that transforms food waste into high-protein animal feed and fertilizer using black soldier flies, offering a sustainable solution to a major ...

New research demonstrates how using airflow can keep black soldier fly larvae, an important animal protein source, from overheating while feeding as a collective. Black soldier fly larvae devour food ...

Crawling along the world’s river bottoms, the larvae of the caddis fly suffer a perpetual housing crisis. To protect themselves from predators, they gather up sand grains and other sediment and paste ...

CBP agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport intercepted live larvae from a rare and potentially destructive fruit fly earlier this year. A specialist at the USDA Systemic Entomology ...

The first case of New World screwworm has been found in a calf in the northern Mexican border state of Tamaulipas.

A senior Russian official has suggested that residents of his country may need to chow down on meat alternatives such as fly larvae and vegetable protein, as the country feels the pinch of sanctions ...

"It tastes nutty," the middle-aged Israeli entrepreneur said as he munched away at fruit fly larvae before processing the rice-size yellowish creatures into protein powder. Eran Gronich, founder and ...

The organisms were identified as sheep bot flies, or Oestrus ovis. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A man's itchy eye was due to ...

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