To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

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

The larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) are considered a promising source of sustainable protein, as they contain high-quality protein comparable to soy protein. They can produce this ...

But the past decade has shown that even if you build an insect farm, the global market may not come. Of the 20 or so largest ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that ...

JAMAICA, N.Y. - Hundreds of live insect larvae concealed among a shipment of plastic flowers from Kenya was intercepted at a New York airport earlier this month. Agriculture specialists with U.S.

A new invasive insect is emerging in Central Ohio, and state officials want to know if you see one. Elm zigzag sawfly adults were trapped in Delaware County the week of April 15, according to the Ohio ...

What LMU zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient amber – insect larvae with unusual morphologies and larvae of early flying insects. All fossils are time capsules. But unlike many other finds ...

Elaina O’Brien ran back to staff housing on a busy morning at the Camp Denali lodge last Friday to grab the radio she’d forgotten at her cabin. She looked down at the flagstone path, and what she saw ...

Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.