Entomophagy has long been recognised as an underutilised strategy to address food security issues. Eating insects is one part ...

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...

Melting ice sheets, rampant wildfires, devastating floods. Climate change is a global emergency. The food system? It causes as much as a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, and unless we make ...

This story is adapted from The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World, by Oliver Milman. What, though, if we don’t act quickly enough? If the fall of insects’ tiny empires ...

Do you hate mosquitoes but prefer not to use deet? While deet has a well-established safety record, Consumer Reports’ tests show that you have some other safe and effective options, including ...