Urban insect populations would need to increase by a factor of at least 2.5 for urban great tits to have same breeding success as those living in forests according to new research. Urban insect ...

Insects have been making commercial inroads as feed for poultry, fish, pigs, cattle and even pet food, though, for now, it remains a niche product. Biotech tools, however, are allowing breeders to ...

Senior Lecturer, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University If you haven’t heard of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, you have missed out on one of the most remarkable ...

This past Tuesday (June 11), Dutch company Protix opened the world’s largest insect farm in Bergem op Zoom, a small town in the south of the Netherlands. Founded in 2009 by Dutch ...

Aaron Bell receives funding from the Government of Canada and Weston Family Foundation. University of Saskatchewan provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of ...

The European Commission is planning to introduce hygiene rules for insects for human consumption. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 sets rules on the hygiene of food of animal origin for businesses. The ...