People eating at Insects in the Backyard, which says it offers the first insect-based fine-dining menu, in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 20, 2017. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images ...

Worldwide, people have been eating insects for centuries, in over 100 countries, over 2,000 species of insects. So it's not a new idea. It's new for the Western world.

Gillian Spence plunges her hand into a shallow tray of 10,000 writhing mealworms. She comes up with a handful of the inch-long, beige-colored grubs, which squirm over and between her fingers.

Worldwide, people have been eating insects for centuries, in over 100 countries, over 2,000 species of insects. So it's not a new idea. It's new for the Western world.

People unlikely to switch from eating environmentally disastrous traditional meat because they remain repulsed by the idea of eating insects, research found Public polling in the US and Europe has ...

Eating insects is efficient, good for the environment, improves animal welfare and reduces the risk of diseases in humans. Let’s go through the arguments presented in the FAO report.. Efficient ...

As the human population continues to inch closer to 8 billion people, feeding all those hungry mouths will become increasingly difficult. A growing number of experts claim that we'll soon have no ...

If you think eating insects is gross, you may be in the cultural minority. Throughout history, people have relished insects as food. Today, many cultures still do. Ten thousand years ago hunters ...

Consuming live animals, though disgusting to some, is a tradition for others. In many parts of the world, people enjoy eating live animals [Reddit] ...

From deep fried spiders in Vietnam to live scorpion kebabs in China and here in Australia, First Nations people have been eating insects like witchetty grubs and honey ants for thousands of years.