Grasshoppers, silkworms, giant cicadas are a good source of antioxidants — if you eat them
"In the future, we might also adapt dietary regimens for insect rearing in order to increase their antioxidant content for ...
Tag: insect
Lab engineered meat? How about lab-grown insect meat?
Would you eat lab-grown insect meat?
Cave insects that have female penises evolved independently
These cave insects have reversed sexual organs. Now, scientists have learned more about this fascinating quirk of nature.
Honeybee clusters act as ‘super-organisms’ to keep everyone safe during bad weather
Intelligent behavior emerging from a group of relatively unintelligent organisms.
NASA Explores the Use of Robotic Bees on Mars
Marsbees could cover a lot more ground on the Red Planet than sluggish rovers.
Finland baker launches bread made almost entirely of crickets
Delicious and nutritious. Would you like a loaf?
Flying insect biomass decreased by 75 percent over 27 years in nature reserves
We're responsible and it's up to us to clean up the mess.
Insects see in much better resolution than we thought
I spy, with my little thousand eyes...
Couple donates their $10 million insect collection to Arizona University
A heartwarming story of two brilliant and passionate researchers.
Worm Meatball and Cricket Falafel — Researchers develop tasty food from yucky critters
OK, just put some extra garlic on it.
Fossil Friday: the bug inside the lizard inside the snake
Always go for a meal before you fossilize.
Amber reveals ancient insect that was literally scared out of its skin
After leaving its exoskeleton behind, the insect narrowly avoided amber entombment.
Cyborg locusts might one day detect explosives and diseases
Why build some tech from scratch when nature did all the dirty work for you over millions of years of ...
Insects were masters of camouflage even 100 million years ago
Insects are among the best disguise artists in the world, and new findings suggest they always have been.
Flying quarter-sized RoboBee perches to save energy
Harvard roboticists made an insect-like flying robot that perches on ceilings to save energy, like bats, birds or butterflies.
Jurassic insect resembles modern butterfly, though it predates it by 40 million yeras
Discovered in ancient lake deposits in northeastern China and eastern Kazakhstan, this ancient insect looks and exhibits behavior closely mimicking ...
There are probably hundreds of bugs living in your house
Our houses are teeming with tiny insects, but have no fear - not only are they harmless, they might help ...
Brilliant GIF shows how Humans, Birds and Insects Breathe
Three different ways to breathe: Mammals, birds and insects breathe in different ways, as exemplified above. Humans, as mammals, inhale ...
How the praying mantises make their amazing leaps
Praying mantises are peculiar creatures, by human standards. The insect often stands in a pose that looks like it is ...
Blue visible light can be used as insect killer, research shows
Keeping insects at bay is more than eliminating a simple nuisance - in many some parts of the world, it's ...
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