Cicada nymphs in butter and garlic, prepared by entomologist Tad Lankoski, during a demonstration at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield, Missouri. Many ...

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature. The ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After 17 years underground, Brood XIV ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on how eating insects instead of beef and pork could significantly reduce environmental damage. Drawing from recent insights in The ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- At one yard in diameter and red as a new Ford Mustang, the Rafflesia plant makes quite a first impression. It stands out amid the jungles full of dull, green vines where it lives.

Bugs will never replace meat as food because westerners can’t stomach the idea of eating creepy crawlies. Eco campaigners have tried to encourage punters to munch insects as a source of protein. The ...