Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. With worries over food security and rising prices and mouths to feed, ...

With the world’s human population continuing to grow, there’s a risk that food supplies could one day fall behind demand. But don’t worry, scientists have found a new slimy, wriggling source of ...

Would you eat a mealworm? Bob Simpson hopes your answer is yes — or that you’d at least feed some to your chickens. Simpson owns Vermont Mealworm Farm, where he raises roughly 2.4 million of the ...

It might seem disgusting, but a new study indicates that insects like mealworms might be the climate-friendly protein alternative of the future. Image via Wikimedia Commons/Pengo The year is 2051.

A new study published in the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed has revealed that yellow mealworms can serve as an alternative protein source for animals and, possibly, humans. The study comes at a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Insects can be turned into meat-like flavors, helping provide a more environmentally ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONG KONG — On Katharina Unger’s desk is an ...

Powder from yellow mealworm larvae may boost the protein content of an extruded cereal snack and boost the microstructure of the products, says a new study. Snacks enriched with 10% mealworm (Tenebrio ...

BRUSSELS (AP) – Dried yellow mealworms could soon be hitting supermarket shelves and restaurants across Europe. The European Union’s 27 nations gave the greenlight Tuesday to a proposal to put the ...

Gillian Spence plunges her hand into a shallow tray of 10,000 writhing mealworms. She comes up with a handful of the inch-long, beige-colored grubs, which squirm over and between her fingers. Most are ...

Mealworms and spring onions are stir-fried to be used in a quiche at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in The Netherlands. Reuters With the world’s human population continuing to grow, there’s a risk ...

FILE - In this In this Sept. 21, 2014 file photo, Microbar food truck owner Bart Smit holds a container of yellow mealworms during a food truck festival in Antwerp, Belgium. Dried yellow mealworms ...