If the thought of eating bugs makes you squirm, we have some bad news: You have probably been chowing down on these ...

Insects are declining due to habitat loss and rising temperatures. Bees struggle in cities, and nighttime heat worsens the ...

To a close approximation, all animals on Earth are insects – both in terms of species numbers and biomass. To understand why insect communities are structured like they are, we need to understand how ...

Insects—“the little things that run the world,” as the naturalist E.O. Wilson called them—are at the heart of the food web, the main way nature converts plant protoplasm into animal life.

The number and diversity of insects is declining worldwide. Some studies suggest that their biomass has almost halved since ...

Bees are particularly hard-hit, suffering from habitat loss driven by agriculture and urban development, compounded by the growing effects of climate change. A latest study conducted by a team of ...

The study shows that insects from different trophic levels react differently to the combination of higher temperatures and more intensive land use. Bees were particularly affected. While populations ...

For lunch, a meal that everyone should be familiar with, what’s better than a quick helping of macaroni, insect fragments and cheese? While I realize this isn’t as catchy of a name, it’s more honest.

Image Credit: Jiri Hera / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Foods, researchers at the University of Pisa, Italy, analyzed insect-based food products in Europe. Interest in ...