As the world population grows, insects have become increasingly popular as a potential meat alternative because they’re high in protein and more sustainable to farm. Multiple VERIFY readers wondered ...

Locust soufflé. Mealworm chocolate truffles. Caterpillar lasagna. Mouth-watering enough for you? If acquainting Western taste buds with insect food is a tall order, maybe it’s time to try the ...

Francesco Majno first tried eating scorpions and tarantulas while he was on holiday in Thailand. It was – as Majno quips – “love at first bite”. Majno, who went on to create insect-based food brand ...

There’s a new kind of pet food on the market -- and it’s made with bugs. The new line, called “Purina Beyond Nature’s Protein,” was launched “to make better use of the planet’s resources,” the ...

Many of the world’s food crops depend on pollinators. There would be no chocolate without the tiny midges that pollinate the cacao tree, and strawberries would look shrunken and misshapen if they ...

When hit TV show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! first aired in the UK in 2002, viewers were repulsed by the Bushtucker Trial, which saw contestants attempt to eat all manner of seemingly ...

The larvae of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) will eat an wide range of food system sidestreams and turn them into nutritious protein and oil. The adult phase is the short-lived, non-biting ...

At Linger restaurant in Denver, a chef tosses black ants with white rice and tops a wok-fried heap of vegetables with diced crickets and grasshoppers. The result — a dish called Sweet and Sour ...

Bamboo worm powder. Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are working on creating insect flours with properties that are conducive to baking. Insects could be a key contributor to ...

Residual streams from insect production have the potential to improve plant health, while reducing pesticide and fertiliser use, say researchers from Wageningen University and Research. Insects are ...