Insects are disappearing due to agriculture -- and many other drivers, new research reveals New paper highlights 500+ interconnected drivers behind global insect decline Date: April 22, 2025 Source: ...

Nanoplastics can move up the food chain from plants to insects and from insects to fish Date: September 12, 2022 Source: University of Eastern Finland Summary: A new study shows that lettuce can ...

Singapore has approved 16 species of insects for sale and consumption in the country, including locusts, grasshoppers, mealworms and several types of beetle.

In a recent study, Sharps and fellow researchers surveyed 603 adults in the U.K. and found that only 13% of respondents said they would be willing to regularly consume insects, compared to 47% who ...

Insects never lie. Insects are tiny witnesses. With my job as forensic entomologists I use these tiny witnesses to give justice to victims. [Instructor] Wired spoke with Dr Paola Magni ...

Even cutting animals from most of your diet (by 80%, with some room for indulging), could reduce environmental impacts by more than 70%, the researchers say. Of course, they note that “there is ...

Insects may use light to figure out where the ground is. Artificial lights send them veering off course, data from high-speed infrared cameras suggests.