The oldest book of zoology was published on clay tablets more than 3,600 years ago, and reported the names of 396 types of wild animals known at the time. Ten of them were different kinds of fly.

Learn how molecular rhythms inside maggots could help investigators refine the window for determining time of death. When a body is discovered, one of the first clues investigators turn to isn’t a ...

For years, maggots have been a powerful tool in medicine, quietly excelling in the treatment of chronic wounds. But despite the clinical evidence supporting their efficacy, maggots remain an underused ...

How much would we have to pay you to eat a maggot? A lot, right? But soon you might be the one shelling out good money to down insects for dinner. The international investment bank Barclays is bullish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An agricultural startup in France wants to leverage insect-based protein to tackle food waste and strengthen the food chain, but ...

So you've just found maggots in your house – and are no doubt wondering not just why they are there but how they got there. Obviously, your first thought will be how to kill the maggots, but to avoid ...

We’re living through a golden age of archaeological discovery about our distant cousins, the Neanderthals. We’ve recently learned they were much more intelligent than we used to give them credit for, ...

Lobsters are not pretty. Dip these unsightly creatures into warm butter, and they instantly become a different matter to most of us. Why, then, do we gag at the thought of eating insects? One ...