Can crickets feel pain? New research suggests these ubiquitous bugs may experience “pain-like” sensations, adding to the growing list of nonhuman species that seem to feel lingering discomfort. Until ...

After a heated probe touched one of its antennae, a cricket did something researchers hadn’t quite expected: it kept coming back to that exact spot. Again and again, it groomed the affected antenna — ...

To a human, microplastics are very small at less than 5 millimeters (mm) wide. But to an insect, microplastics might be the same size as the food they usually eat. Researchers reporting in ACS’ ...

One of the most common bugs people eat are crickets. Acheta powder, or cricket powder, is one of the most popular ways to consume bugs in the United States. People have eaten insects since ancient ...