If you said “the numeral ‘one’ with 18 zeros attached to it,” you’re correct and you probably have an interest in numbers. If you said “one-tenth of the number of insects in the world” you may – or ...

Cochineal bugs use a coloring as a defense mechanism, but humans have learned to use it to dye fabric. Before the advent of synthetic dyes, all dyes were made from insects or plants. In CU Boulder ...

The terms "bug" and "insect" are commonly used interchangeably in everyday language, yet scientifically, they refer to distinct categories of creatures. Insects belong to the vast class Insecta, ...

Get ready for a new kind of cooking class, Iowa. For this culinary instruction, you'll be learning to make wild mushroom risotto with mealworms and chocolate chip cake with cricket flour. Yes, you ...

For nearly two centuries, a point of Chicago’s civic pride has been its connection to the natural world. One of our mottos, “Urbs in Horto,” extols ours as a city in a garden. Yet not everyone in the ...