Farmers in the U.S. West face a creepy scourge every eight years or so: Swarms of ravenous insects that can decimate crops and cause slippery, bug-slick car crashes as they march across highways and roads.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2017
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Farming crickets for human consumption is less of a burden on the environment than other livestock production systems according to a new study by the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports ...
Environment
May 11, 2017
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World-first research into a rare family of insects will help scientists understand how the common bush-crickets we are familiar with today developed their highly specialised acoustic functions.
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2017
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For most folks in the United States and Europe, the thought of eating bugs is repulsive. For the majority of people everywhere else, it's just part of life.
Other
Jan 20, 2017
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Shedding a few pounds might be a good strategy in the human dating game, but for crickets the opposite is true.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2016
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The idea of eating bugs has created a buzz lately in both foodie and international development circles as a more sustainable alternative to consuming meat and fish. Now a report appearing in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and ...
Other
Oct 26, 2016
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To become a sustainable alternative to meat, reared crickets must eat feeds other than the chicken feed that is most commonly used today. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences now present a study ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2016
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For Bay Area techies attuned to the latest trends, kale is no longer cutting it and quinoa is passe. Instead, many are opting for a six-legged snack.
Business
Aug 24, 2016
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The social lives of crickets are similar generation to generation, even though the insects can't learn directly from their mum and dad.
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2016
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It's known as the cocktail-party problem: in the cacophony of sound made by insects in a spring meadow, how does one species recognize its own song?
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2016
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