Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The study by researchers at University College London (UCL) is the first to identify how the interaction between increasing ...

How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.

Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other worse, a new study finds. While insects may bug people at ...

Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.

Insect populations are taking a hit around the globe, and climate change and Big Ag may be to blame. According to a study conducted by University College London (UCL), the combination of rising ...

Want to crash an insect population? Slip in a self-limiting gene and topple the family tree in two to three generations. The promise of biotech mosquitoes to combat the pest that spreads Zika, dengue ...

Now, the insect agriculture industry has set its sights on domesticating some other insects as a source of sustainably farmed protein for other animals or people. Insects such as the black soldier fly ...

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an impact, ...

The online application Mytraps.com shows insect data collected in agricultural fields and an aerial map of the fields so growers and consultants can electronically manage insect numbers and better ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 18, 2019) As the New York Times wrote in November 2018, “The Insect Apocalypse is Here.” But can we reverse it? Pollinator Week this year is overshadowed by a greater, ...

A pesky and destructive bug has made its way to Iowa. Its discovery doesn’t mean immediate devastation of Iowa’s fruit and woody trees, but it does raise alarms if it were to spread. The potential of ...