Discover how the cochineal insect's red dye influenced civilizations, from the Aztecs to the British redcoats.

I believe her. “You won’t guess it,” she exclaims mid-interview, “but rhino beetle larvae taste exactly like bacon.” Vohra now runs a programme with Serendipity Arts Foundations called ...

Hidden inside the bundle were insects not fit for consumption, but ideal for exotic beetle enthusiasts. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found 37 giant live beetles ...

More than three dozen live beetles, nearly the length of the average human hand, were discovered at a Southern California airport during a routine inspection, federal authorities announced Wednesday.

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: you open a bag of potato chips hoping for a snack, only to find a 6-inch-long stag beetle crawling inside the container. Now multiply that scenario 37 times.