Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets ...

Maggots may not be winning any popularity contests, but they're quietly becoming a contender to become the world's next big ...

A Washington State University Extension expert says farmers need to avoid a case of mistaken identity. What wheat farmers near Waterville, Wash., recently thought could be armyworms, cutworms or ...

MARTIN: Ever bite into a yummy-looking apple only to be rewarded with a chunk of nasty, mealy pulp? MARTÍNEZ: Oh, my God. If I expect crisp and instead get squish, it's a bad, bad deal (laughter).

How does a fly larva sneak into a termite nest? With a butt shaped like a termite’s head, obviously. An international team of researchers in Morocco has discovered blow fly larvae not just living but ...

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

Mitigating the New World screwworm is going to be a long-term battle and Phillip Kaufman, a professor in the department of entomology at Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension service ...

While tasting flavors requires chemical sensation, tasting texture requires mechanical sensation, and it is unclear whether taste organs like the tongue have this capacity. The new study addressed ...