While many Westerners find the idea of eating beetles or crickets unappetizing, this view is actually a global outlier. For roughly two billion people worldwide, eating insects — known as entomophagy ...

ST. LOUIS – Those with a thirst for cicadas can join the Bug Chef at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House on May 24 for cicada dishes and an educational forum on the practice of eating insects. There ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The BugFest Critter Cook-off at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences has always been one of the Triangle's most novel annual events, but the idea of cooking with ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Intern Heather Darnell enjoys a crunchy cricket. Cricket curry and rice: a healthy, wholesome meal. The “Coooking with Insects” demonstration drew ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After 17 years underground, Brood XIV ...

Online users are claiming the European Union has allowed dangerous insect-based foods onto the market, after a product containing UV-treated yellow mealworm was green-lit earlier this month. "Out of ...