Used for food, feed and research, the critters are among the most widely farmed bugs. The study authors say humans should ...

A HAPPY mealworm and fries, anyone?   Sun columnist Jeremy Clarkson took a bite out of a cricket burger when he launched the ...

One Canadian mom is touting the benefits of consuming bugs. She's even raising her baby on a diet that includes crickets. "I'm a food writer and will try anything at least once, including eating bugs, ...

Lobster had one of the greatest reputation makeovers in food history. Once treated as "food for the poor," it is now served ...

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say ...

First impressions of crickets are often associated with annoying creatures that are constantly chirping and making sudden ...

Could astronauts soon be crunching on crickets and mealworms as part of their space diet? European scientists think the answer is yes. With an eye on the future of deep space missions, researchers ...

Most chefs work with butter, herbs and maybe a little spice. Alexandra Lambert works with crickets — and loves every minute of it. As an entomologist at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans, Lambert ...

BANGKOK — Bugs in a gourmet kitchen are usually something to be squashed or swatted. But at Le Cordon Bleu, the esteemed French cooking school, chefs and food scientists spent a week simmering, ...

That lucky cricket from Mulan isn't as fictional as you thought. According to feng shui, crickets are good luck and are said to bring wealth and fortune. But how are crickets good luck? From ...

Crickets are scurrying over the surface of paper egg cartons in plastic containers set on the shelves of a ...