Western culture has long painted eating bugs as backward and gross. But learned disgust can be overcome — if the conditions ...

Cultures across the world have been eating bugs for thousands of years. With more than 2,000 species of edible bugs, the ...

Edible insects are often portrayed as something of a sustainable superfood - an environmentally friendly alternative to livestock. But who is already eating them and do they actually taste any good?

Regardless of an area's thoughts on eating insects, research clearly indicates certain edible insects can actually be incredibly healthy for individuals to consume, at least on occasion.

But because insects are small, we tend to underestimate their nutritional value and health benefits while they are comparable ...

Sainsbury's says it is the first UK supermarket to stock edible insects, and packets of Eat Grub's smoky BBQ crunchy roasted crickets will be sold in 250 stores across the country from this week.

We need to eat more bugs. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations makes a compelling case that insects are key to our future food security. Insects are chock-full of protein ...

Bell told Insider that, in the last two and a half years, he has seen momentum grow in the edible insects market. On the supply-side, he added, it's now easier to obtain the raw ingredients he ...

Scientists have developed a simple, cheaper genome editing method that can be used on many insects, raising hopes for applying the technology to produce more edible bugs. A group of researchers ...