insects

Fazer Food Services in Helsinki now sells protein-packed loaves made with dried cricket flour.

Time to make peace with your itty-bitty housemates.

They join the rest of the European Union in the effort to save the insects.

Courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Even famous artists can't escape the realities of painting in nature.

While we’re outside enjoying the crisp weather, these tiny critters are scrambling inside our houses to keep warm.

The dreaded critters may hitchhike from hotel to home in your suitcase full of dirty clothes.

It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.

"It's like having an irresistible chocolate shop on every corner."

Thanks to climate change and the destruction of its natural habitat, the white-letter hairstreak has migrated north.

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Scientists hope enlarging the gene pool will give our bees a fighting chance.

We’re talking hummingbirds, not eagles, but still.

The South American palm weevil is eating palms' hearts out.

Look out for the bull's-eye.

Jelly beans are shiny because they're coated in shellac, which is a resin that's secreted by the female lac bug (laccifer lacca) after it drinks the sap of trees.

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Centuries-old tapestries, carpets, and taxidermied animals are at risk.

The duo is giving their collection to the university that brought them together.

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Genetically speaking, getting eaten could be the best thing to ever happen to a male mantis.

4. They rarely go to crime scenes.

One city reported vermin in 2 out of 5 households.

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Maggot therapy is making a comeback.

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Drosophila melanogaster may seem like nothing more than a nuisance when your fruit gets too ripe, but medical research owes a great deal to this tiny little menace.