A Utah lawmaker wants to change the common scientific name of the Mormon cricket, citing the LDS Church's stance against using the M-word.

In recent weeks, Melburnians have reported thousands of crickets showing up in large numbers after dark, flying into homes and shops and taking up residence. The insect in question is the ...

The mole cricket is an invasive pest that attacks turfgrass and other plants. This unique insect gets its name from its huge forelegs, which it uses to tunnel through the dirt like a mole.

Ants are known to kill intruders when they are detected to protect the colony. To avoid attacks, ant crickets use various behaviors that scientists are still figuring out. In this new study, the team ...

Another way to define big is weight. The heaviest insect ever recorded is a cricket-like insect called a giant wētā. The biggest one weighed about 2.5 ounces – about the same weight as five ...

"I often stroll around the Nagoya University campus to see insects. I still remember when I saw an ant cricket skillfully evading ants despite being surrounded by them," he said. "From that moment ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Horizon Insects is an insect farm in London that rears thousands of edible worms and crickets. It now produces 50 kilograms of insects every eight weeks but it was ...

Photograph by Fura Through his website, Javier sells bulk packs of dried crickets and mealworms, frozen locusts and silkworm pupae, and powdered insects. Snack packs are sold in local supermarket ...

Insect frass turns waste into a powerful organic fertilizer, boosting soil health and sustainability in farming.

On April 28, it reintroduced the Doodle for ICC Champions Trophy 2017. It allows users to play cricket as the insect cricket. The world is currently fighting the Coronavirus pandemic and many ...

Summer is a busy, noisy time for insects. The season’s long, sunny days are filled with their sounds. Crickets are singing loudly to serenade a mate, the calls of water boatmen are reverberating ...