For their first attempt at making food from insects, Sean Warner and Patrick Pittaluga started with a bug burger. Their patty, which combined black beans with black soldier fly larvae, was cooked up ...

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...

Tyson Foods is partnering with a Dutch bug-protein company to bring insect farming to the U.S., using livestock waste as feed. Earlier this month, meat producing giant Tyson Foods announced its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Supplementing soil with insects’ cast-off outer skin after a molt can help increase plant biomass, the number of flowers, pollinator attraction, ...

A corn-fed insect could provide North Dakota’s next value-added ag product. An investment firm is developing a plan to bring an insect farm to North Dakota, with protein-rich larvae supplying the ...

Fly poop may be the next generation of composting, according to the BBC. Black soldier fly larvae are able to digest four times their own body mass in organic matter every day. Some farms are ...

A strong stench of decomposing organic waste welcomes one at the farm where a group of youths are rearing the black soldier flies for larvae and organic manure. If not careful, thousands of the ...

The world of protein is experiencing a remarkable transformation. While most people still reach for chicken, beef, or fish, governments and industry leaders across different continents are embracing a ...

Nowadays, food companies and researchers are exploring new insect-based diet options. Proteins like chicken, beef, or fish have been used, but instead of relying fully on these protein sources, some ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But just as we are starting to understand insect senses, something is shifting in the ...

A strong stench of decomposing organic waste welcomes one at the farm where a group of youths are rearing the black soldier flies for larvae and organic manure. If not careful, thousands of the ...