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To keep shoppers returning Japan's vending machine industry is adapting to rising costs and stronger competition by selling ...

Red dragonflies fly leisurely through the autumn sky. Looking at the twilight rice fields and the pampas grass swaying in the ...

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

"Locusts are edible, but grasshoppers taste bad."In episode 49 of the anime "The Apothecary Diaries," titled "Locusts," there is a crucial scene where Maomao and the others sense an impending locust ...

At Detroit Metro Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped giant scale insects in what the agency said was the first recorded encounter with the species at a U.S. port of entry. The ...

Accidental ingestion of recreational drugs among young children in the US has surged by more than 3,300% over a 25-year period, according to a new study. An ER doctor explains what parents need to ...

Taylor Swift is now the namesake of a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science. Sarah Schroeder, a UC Riverside doctoral student in entomology, hopes that ...

Scientists have transformed PET plastic into nutritious edible cookies, an innovation that could help address both pollution and hunger in one fell swoop. That is, if people can accept the idea of ...

A project has been created to assess the safety of edible insects and hazards associated with related production and processing practices. The five-year coordinated research project will also look at ...

As global food systems evolve, many communities are exploring new sources of sustainable and nutritious food. Edible insects and other novel foods are gaining attention as alternative sources of ...