Insects have long held an esteemed status in ... Many things, but it likely had something to do with crickets—more specifically, one man’s obsession with them. His name was Jia Sidao (1213 ...

Male crickets in Hawaii softened their chirps once parasitic flies started hunting them. Now, it seems, the flies are homing in on the new tunes.

have certain behaviors or display certain characteristics which make them less-desirable mates,” says University of Massachusetts Amherst insect virologist John Burand. But these crickets didn’t seem ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Horizon Insects is an insect farm in London that rears thousands of edible worms and crickets. It now produces 50 kilograms of insects every eight weeks but it was ...

A fearsome-looking insect commonly referred to as “ winged wētā ” may look like a flying wētā, but it is not a wētā at all.

Thiong'o Gachie has found a unique balance after venturing into both Black Soldier Flies (BSF) and cricket farming at a time when both insects have garnered global attention as eco-solutions for ...

Summer is a busy, noisy time for insects. The season’s long, sunny days are filled with their sounds. Crickets are singing loudly to serenade a mate, the calls of water boatmen are reverberating ...

Raising crickets is a relatively new venture for Taiyo Green Energy Co., which generates electricity from solar power and grows vegetables indoors. Even though insect cultivation fell outside its ...

A vendor carries fried crickets and other edible insects on a ferry in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: AFP By 2030, global sales of edible insects, sold either whole or in the form of smoothie powder ...