Scientists say mealworms are a good protein-filled snack — so I tried making them myself
I was pleasantly surprised by the taste of the mealworms, but it was hard to get over their appearance, reporter Rachel Hosie said.
A Chipotle customer's video that appears to show a bug crawling around her meal goes viral on TikTok
In a follow-up video, the TikToker said a Chipotle supervisor apologized and offered her a refund, which she said she has received.
A scientist named an iridescent rainbow fly after 'RuPaul's Drag Race' host RuPaul Charles
"Rainbow colors and legs for days," RuPaul wrote on Twitter on September 15 in response to the news.
Olympic cameraman stopped filming field hockey to focus on a cockroach in the game's final minutes, baffling fans
The bizarre choice of camerawork came in the dying minutes of a preliminary Olympic women's field hockey match between Argentina and Spain.
A pastry chef selling air-fried cicadas showed us how she makes the candy-coated insects taste 'like a toasted walnut'
Sarah Dwyer of Chouquette Chocolates in Maryland told Insider that some of her shop's air-fried Brood X cicadas are sprinkled with Old Bay Seasoning.
People are eating cicadas for the protein benefits — but there are health risks to cicada cookies, cocktails, and pizzas
If you can stomach them, cicadas can be a great source of sustainable protein, and offer an added crunch to your dish.
The world's heaviest moth — so big it can't fly properly — has been spotted in Australia
The insect found near a school in Queensland, Australia, has been identified as a giant wood moth, the world's heaviest of the moth species.
15,000 bees swarmed into a New Mexico man's car while he was grocery shopping
The man put his groceries in his back seat and started to drive off after shopping at an Albertsons in Las Cruces, New Mexico, when he saw the bees.
A French man chased a fly around with an electric swatter and accidentally blew up his own house
The man, in his 80s, was slightly burned and his home is uninhabitable. The fate of the fly is unknown.
12 photos that show why summer is the worst season
Summer days are filled with blistering, hot temperatures and summer nights are filled with mosquitoes.
The YouTuber who let a murder hornet sting him says it caused 'searing pain.' Now he says he's done with sting videos.
YouTuber and wildlife expert Coyote Peterson spoke to Insider about his experience being stung by a murder hornet.
A YouTuber shot a video of a sting from the 'Executioner Wasp,' which he says tops the 'Murder Hornet'
In his YouTube video, Coyote Peterson said that the Executioner Wasp sting was, by far, "the worst sting [he's] ever taken."
Video shows that 'Murder Hornets' can be cooked alive by a vibrating sphere of Japanese bees
"Murder Hornets" have begun to colonize the United States, but a National Geographic video shows one being cooked alive by a group of Japanese bees.
A YouTuber nicknamed the 'King of Sting' let a 'murder hornet' sting him, and his arm ballooned almost immediately
Coyote Peterson uploaded the video demonstrating the sting on his YouTube channel in 2018, before the insects were spotted in the US last year.
The US is being colonized by 'murder hornets,' a 'shockingly large' insect that can kill humans and behead entire colonies of bees
"They're like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge yellow-orange face," one insect expert said.
A colony of 250,000 ants call the average anthill home — here's what inside their mound
An anthill — or mound — is really the top of a giant underground structure: the nest. Ants raise babies in a vast network of tunnels and chambers.
What If: Scenarios that would change life on Earth and humanity
The Earth is in a very delicate state where small changes can have huge impacts on the world. What would happen to Earth if things changed?
More than 50% of insects have disappeared since 1970, an ecologist warns — even more evidence of an 'insect apocalypse'
A new report reveals that 50% or more of insects have disappeared since 1970 due to habitat loss and pesticide use.
A man in Brazil accidentally blew up his yard while trying to kill some cockroaches
Cesar Schmitz told FocusOn News, translated by the New York Post, that his wife had complained about roaches invading their garden.
13 creepy photos of the microscopic world around us that will make your skin crawl
Microscopes reveal the hidden and sometimes haunting worlds that lurk beyond view in lakes, the corners of your home, and even your own mind.