“Insect muscle tissue is almost exactly the same as mammalian muscle tissue,” Zack said. “So, if there were a way to get that muscle tissue and process it, you could eat an insect steak or a ...

A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results demonstrating the material ...

Chemical tomography: New method in deep-tissue monitoring The researchers ... The inspiration for this technology comes from the compound eye of insects—a structure composed of multiple small ...

One area of particular interest regarding insect evolution is the formation of the midgut epithelium, because differences in the way this tissue forms during development reflect the evolutionary ...

in addition to some tissue called a “fat body,” an organ that helps the insect’s metabolism. [Related: Fossil trove in Wales is a 462-million-year-old world of wee sea creatures.] ...

University of Alberta research is showing how trees and fungi team up to survive and stay healthy against insect attacks—an ...

Myiasis is an infection with fly larvae. There are some species of flies that need living tissue to develop from eggs to fully grown insects. These flies lay eggs on mammals, including humans.