Eating insects is often seen as a last resort when people are starving, and yet, in the countries where they are widely ...

In recent years, human population growth, coupled with the climate crisis, environmental pressures, and current production and consumption patterns, has driven the search for alternative food sources.

Eating insects is completely normal in large parts of the world, yet in Europe and North America the idea still makes most people cringe. For a long time this was chalked up to culture alone, just ...

Many of us imagine our early ancestors as naked apes who survived by eating whatever food stuff they could find. It's a fair assumption, since humans had no domesticated plants and animals to rely on.

Noor Bin Ladin, a right-wing influencer, stridently declares "I don't want to eat the bugs" on a talk show hosted by a former adviser to US President Donald Trump. Laurent Duplomb, a senator from the ...

Edible insects for sale at a market in Chang Moi, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo by mohigan, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. No changes made. Disgust can feel instinctive even when it is ...

While you might not be eager to chomp chocolate-covered cicadas, edible insects are a part of the human legacy. Dr. Julie Lesnik, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Wayne State ...