insects

Recipes from the Eat-a-Bug Cookbook

Insect chef David George Gordon tells us why wax worms taste like pistachios

There are many environmental reasons to eat insects. But first you have to get past the ick factor.

Hello, ladies. Check the abdominal flap!

When echolocation fails

"Very little conservation is aimed at creepy- crawlies."

They suck blood, spread disease, eat their mates, and inspire great horror films. But insects need protection—maybe even a little love.

Cure-all lizards! Bulldozer ants! Voracious spiders! A high school biology class finds high drama among the creepy-crawlies