“Four minutes is too long.” That’s the note undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me along with photos of countless mosquito bites on ...

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Eating insects is often seen as a last resort when people are starving, and yet, in the countries where they are widely ...

New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists ...

The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift of species may be affecting the well-being of ...

Naegleria amoebas’ exploration skills and crawling behaviors could help explain how the brain-eating variety travel into ...

While insects provide an essential food source for many vertebrate species, they're more than just a protein-laden snack. Chimpanzees use them to sterilize wounds, and herons use them as fishing bait.

Archaeologists excavating the remains of an ancient lake in central Chile have uncovered a 12,500-year-old gomphothere skeleton bearing possible signs of human processing, including a fractured skull ...

An insect was allegedly found inside a sealed bottle of Jalaram Soda in Jamnagar, prompting a complaint to the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation’s (JMC) Food Department and raising concerns over the ...

Australian researchers have described two new species of stick insects, the long, crawly creatures that camouflage among thin branches or leafy twigs. Their findings, published in Austral Entomology ...

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