That includes, as in this case, insects. Much conservation effort, reporting, study and enforcement activity focuses on recognized species such as rhinos. Wildlife trafficking is often associated ...

BANGKOK – Thailand is positioning itself to capitalise on the rapidly expanding global edible insect market, which experts predict will grow by 25.1 per cent a year between 2025 and 2030 ...

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an ...

Insect populations have been declining across the world at an alarming rate, but no one has been sure why. According to a new study, intense agricultural practices are at the top of the list of ...

I asked my friend Rich Zack how it does that. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. It turns out my window isn’t as smooth as it looks. If we zoomed in on the glass ...

Columbus' upcoming spring will be relatively quiet as its cicadas remain firmly underground. Southwest Ohio will have no such luck. Cicadas from Brood XIV have been living underground for 17 years ...

Europe’s edible insect market is booming online, but despite their impressive nutrition stats, bugs on the plate remain a tough sell for most consumers. Study: Are Insect-Based Foods Healthy?

This Hawaiian caterpillar raids spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts, and it's not above cannibalism in a pinch. Credit: Rubinoff lab/University of Hawaii, Manoa. We think of moths ...

The global edible insect market, valued at US$1.35 billion in 2024, is gaining traction particularly in Europe, the Americas, and East Asia. Insects are increasingly being utilised in protein ...

A severed ant head. A fly wing. A beetle abdomen. These body parts ripped from devoured insects festoon a newfound caterpillar’s protective coat. Dubbed the “bone collector,” this ...

The bone collector lives in spiderwebs and decorates its habitat with the body parts of dead insects. Scientists have watched the macabre insect measuring and attaching fly wings, weevil heads and ...