Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields ...

Faced with exploding global demand for protein and the growing environmental impact of animal farming, insects are emerging as an attractive alternative: they are rich in nutrients, resource-efficient ...

Tap a small beetle on a table and it may suddenly collapse, tuck in its legs, and lie perfectly still. Many insects do this. Weevils, click beetles, leaf beetles, certain ladybirds, some stick insects ...

Imagine a low-calorie, protein-packed noodle that evokes the butteriness of French cheeses. The good news is that you don’t need to book a table at a buzzy new bistro to try it. This earthy delicacy ...

The way food-chains usually work is that small things get eaten by bigger things, which in turn get eaten by even bigger things. But it’s not always that simple, says Stuart Blackman. A review back in ...

The stand concept is based on the BfR's science comic on alternative protein sources. The scientific content of the comic is further developed spatially, visually and interactively at the exhibition ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

(KNUE-FM) It seems like we talk about food all the time, but a large portion of that is because we have so many fantastic food and restaurant options available in Texas. You can get just about any ...

(KNUE-FM) Believe it or not, at least 13 foods you may be eating 'secretly' contain insects. We say 'secretly' simply because that's probably not what you'd ever expect when eating some of these ...

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I don’t usually get the typical creepy-crawly feeling when it comes to wildlife, excluding snakes and very large spiders. However, a few weeks ago, I stumbled across a creature I had not encountered ...

Have you ever opened your closet to find a hole in a shirt or your favorite pair of jeans? Or maybe you’ve noticed little specks of stains on clothing that weren’t there before. Chances are that these ...