We recently did a show about the cicada double brood emergence. Billions of the bugs are above ground this year. And the conversation... took a bit of a turn... towards whether they can be eaten.

At Linger restaurant in Denver, a chef tosses black ants with white rice and tops a wok-fried heap of vegetables with diced crickets and grasshoppers. The result — a dish called Sweet and Sour ...

Sylvain Hugel is one of the world’s foremost experts on crickets of the Indian Ocean Islands. So when he received an email from a fellow entomologist in March 2017 asking for help identifying a ...

Entomophagy, or eating insects, is a practice that dates back to prehistoric times. Crickets are one of the most common insects people consume. Products containing cricket protein have grown in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. During the last weeks of winter, in an airy kitchen at the School ...

Growing up in Thailand’s northeastern Isan region, Suwimon Chantajohn learned from her grandfather which insects were best to eat. Captivated by his stories of surviving on bugs during his military ...