Europe's aversion to eating insects may have deep ecological and evolutionary roots

In recent years, human population growth, coupled with the climate crisis, environmental pressures, and current production ...
Discover Magazine

Ancient Teeth Suggest Europeans Rarely Ate Bugs—and May Have Been Less Adapted to Digest Them

Learn how ancient dental plaque, Neanderthal comparisons, and chitin-digestion genes show that Europeans rarely ate insects ...
New York Post

This country just approved 16 insects as food — which buggy bite would you eat?

It’s the other Grubhub. Singapore’s state food agency redefined “mealworms” after approving a whopping 16 species of insects for human consumption, ranging from grasshoppers to beetle grubs. “With ...
Miami Herald

Cockroaches That Eat Each Other’s Wings May Be the Insect World’s Most Committed Partners

Most love stories don’t start with mutual wing consumption. But for one species of wood-eating cockroach found in Asia, devouring your partner’s wings is apparently the ultimate commitment ceremony — ...