A worker at Protifly, a France-based insect farming startup, holds black soldier fly larvae. \| Mehdi Fedouach/AFP via “We ...

On a typical day, they greet farmers bringing them ticks, real estate agents with mysterious roaches and anxious homeowners ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...

In experiments, black soldier fly larvae ate spoiled food, sewage sludge or livestock manure, and removed most human-pathogenic viruses.

Walk through an Australian eucalyptus forest and a sharp, minty smell may drift through the air. Eucalyptus leaves release aromatic oils that spread through the forest, especially on warm days. Koalas ...

In this post we’ll be deep-diving into the dietary habits of the animal famous for the unpleasant odor they produce as a defence mechanism – let’s find out what skunks eat! Skunks are fascinating ...

Sloths, those adorable slow-moving mammals of the rainforest, have captured our hearts with their perpetual smiles and unhurried lifestyle. But beneath their charming exterior lies one of the most ...

ABSTRACT: In the Congo Basin, edible insects are consumed as an alternative to animal proteins, although their nutritional value remains largely unknown. The objective of this study was to determine ...

Flatulence is one of those universal bodily functions that doesn’t get a lot of attention—except when it’s impossible to ignore. In the animal kingdom, some species are gas-producing machines, while ...

The hazards associated with microplastic pollution are becoming increasingly recognized. However, one study suggests that researchers have misjudged the impacts of nanoplastics — the insidiously ...

Wizzie Brown, a program specialist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and our go-to insect expert, is helping answer questions from kids about bugs. Brown says insects certainly do set ...