Did you know your lipstick might be made from beetles? Or that some cat food may soon be made from flies? All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all other ...

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Certain species of insect are known to cause damage to historic collections. For more than a decade insects have been identified in traps set out in English Heritage properties, the data from which ...

Capturing insects and smashing them onto your pal’s flesh may not seem helpful, but for chimpanzees it may be just what the doctor ordered. In what many scientists have called a genuine show of ...

For most people, insects are a nuisance, not sustenance. But if the idea of chomping on cicadas doesn’t appeal to you, ponder that modern-day delicacy, lobster. Back when the first European settlers ...

They don’t eat the bugs, and they’re definitely applying them to wounds, so some scientists think the primates may be treating one another’s injuries. By Nicholas Bakalar Chimpanzees design and use ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The schools face up to $30 million in cuts to staff and programs in the upcoming ...