Bugs are a surprising source of high amounts of protein, but humans are often unwilling to eat them. The reason might be found in ancient DNA samples.

In recent years, human population growth, coupled with the climate crisis, environmental pressures, and current production and consumption patterns, has driven the search for alternative food sources.

Eating insects is completely normal in large parts of the world, yet in Europe and North America the idea still makes most people cringe. For a long time this was chalked up to culture alone, just ...

Edible insects for sale at a market in Chang Moi, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo by mohigan, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. No changes made. Disgust can feel instinctive even when it is ...

Noor Bin Ladin, a right-wing influencer, stridently declares "I don't want to eat the bugs" on a talk show hosted by a former adviser to US President Donald Trump. Laurent Duplomb, a senator from the ...

We’re living through a golden age of archaeological discovery about our distant cousins, the Neanderthals. We’ve recently learned they were much more intelligent than we used to give them credit for, ...

While you might not be eager to chomp chocolate-covered cicadas, edible insects are a part of the human legacy. Dr. Julie Lesnik, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Wayne State ...

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization wants to be clear about its new report released today. “We are not saying that people should be eating bugs,” said Eva Muller, Director of FAO’s ...