Eating insects is completely normal in large parts of the world, yet in Europe and North America the idea still makes most ...

Ancient DNA indicates that humans’ ability and willingness to eat insects may have depended strongly on geography.

It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the degree to ...

A leaf-eared mouse living more than 6,700 meters (22,000 feet) above sea level in the Andes has shattered assumptions about ...

An 8-year-old boy gingerly bit down on a sour cream-flavored cricket during a summer camp Monday at the Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur. "It tastes kind of crunchy and dry," Whitman ...

With the recent USDA announcements of New World Screwworm activity in Texas and New Mexico, you may be wondering about ...

Experts say the New World screwworm parasite threatening Texas cattle does not contaminate meat, milk or produce despite its ...

A Cyclospora outbreak linked to Taco Bell lettuce quickly became an internet obsession, turning salad into a symbol of ...

Because of climate, weather, acorn abundance (yes, really) and decisions about land use dating to colonial times, the bugs ...

Trees provide us with lots of things: oxygen, shade, fruit, beauty, and sometimes even, unexpected entertainment. They have a ...

Brown, cannibalism felt like the perfect expression of female rage — a visceral form of protest against the pressure women ...

Some of the most iconic safari moments captured on film or in still pictures are of powerful lions draped in thick honey-gold ...