They’re crunchy with a mild, nutty flavor, and are loaded with protein. But they’re also a little creepy. We’re talking about crickets, which are increasingly coming up as a sustainable snack.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As fall arrives, Central Texas residents can expect the return of various insects, including crickets and ...

Vietnamese edible insect startup Cricket One – which processes crickets raised by local cassava farmers in abandoned shipping containers that have been kitted out as intensive breeding units - has ...

Crickets can look like short, bow-legged grasshoppers and are skilled at buzzing, chirping and trilling while perched in ...

The Cricket Shelter is designed to grow delicious crickets that are both free-range and local–just like we expect for the rest of our food. Walking up to the Cricket Shelter–a new tent-like structure ...

You’ve surely heard tell of the insect revolution, coming soon. Maybe a friend told you about some delicacy being proffered by a daring urban chef. (Moth larvae tacos? Cicada pizza?) Or perhaps you’ve ...

Out here in the rural parts of Newton County, the cool temperatures of September nights make for comfortable windows-open ...

Want to be on the cutting edge of nutritious food trends? Hop on board with insect-eating. A long-held tradition in most of the world, it’s worming its way into the West, via the eco-friendly crowd.

While the hype over edible insects has died down somewhat over the past couple of years, the demand for so-called ‘alternative’ proteins has not, and if suppliers can develop more efficient farming ...

Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets"), are insects related to grasshoppers and katydids (order Orthoptera). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. Crickets are ...

At Linger restaurant in Denver, a chef tosses black ants with white rice and tops a wok-fried heap of vegetables with diced crickets and grasshoppers. The result — a dish called Sweet and Sour ...

People are eating insects for fun, and we want to know why anyone would ever voluntarily put a bug in their mouth. We're not talking about eating them for the wow factor like kids do with scorpion ...