While the idea of eating worms and insects may make you feel uneasy, research shows a vast array of benefits when integrating these critters into your meals and snacks. In 2013, the United Nations ...

Earthworms are a source of protein, calcium and much more. But they may not be the top option for feeding a hungry world. In southern Venezuela, the Ye'kuana people gather them from the mud around ...

Instead of adding strips of tofu, chicken or beef to your stir-fries for dinner, why not add tiny worms? A new Kickstarter campaign created by a group called LIVIN Farms wants to produce the first ...

Up for noshing on some worms? Start a protein-rich mealworm ranch in your own home with a Kickstarter project aimed at sustainable living. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

Edible insects are predicted to be become an $8 billion business by 2030. An EU ruling in January certified yellow mealworms as safe for humans, further spurring the industry. Insider looks at 10 ...

Its scientific name is Urechis unicinctus. It is a species of marine spoon worm widely referred to as the fat innkeeper worm or the penis fish. It is common in Asia, and a delicacy there. It is called ...

A good friend recently returned from a trip to Playa del Carmen, a coastal resort town in Mexico, along the Yucatán Peninsula’s Mayan Riviera strip of Caribbean shoreline. We gathered around her phone ...

In southern Venezuela, the Ye'kuana people gather them from the mud around streams or dig them up from the floor of the highland forest. They're gutted and boiled and eaten — or smoked and sold at ...