People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as ...

"Viruses in organic wastes have rarely been studied in a systematic way, but our research shows that black soldier fly larvae ...

Adults live only three to seven days and lack functioning mouth parts, so all their eating happens before they reach adulthood, when they act as scavengers that feed on decaying organic matter.

LIMURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Rotten bananas? Mushy avocados? Pulped oranges? Talash Huijbers wants them all. The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan farm rearing black soldier fly larvae ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A bin full of black soldier fly larvae are eating away at food waste inside the Full Circle Bioconversion barn in Old Lycoming Township. For owner Aubrey Fornwalt, getting into ...

Ready to give up backyard composting because it's too difficult? It may surprise you to learn that prolific (and kind-of-cute ...

A recent study published in npj Science of Food explored how black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) can serve as a sustainable biorefinery, converting organic waste, specifically expired pet food, into ...

If you’re a gardener and you’ve found composting difficult or frustrating, you’re not alone. LAist science reporter Jacob ...