The practice of eating insects, known as entomophagy, is widespread around the world. Abigail Eisenstadt Leafcutter ants can be found across Central and South America. They build gigantic, ...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Thais eat more than 150 insects, including crickets, silk worms and dung beetles. Canned crickets are sold in supermarkets, and vendors selling bugs are a common sight in the ...

Ants farm aphids. It's weird yet fascinating. And a bit like a miniature horror movie. But it's a nightmare for gardeners.

For his new class at the University of Delaware, professor Michael Crossley wanted to show students the benefits of eating insects, from ground-up crickets to chili paste infused with giant water bugs ...

Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera. Bees feed on flowers; wasps hunt other insects; ants "feed on a whole variety of things," from flowers to dead animals, says University of ...

Just like their mammalian counterparts, many insect species are quite social. Among these social insect colonies, a rather brave sub-Saharan species of termite-eating ant has offered researchers a ...