The Human Genome Project was a $3.8 billion undertaking that has so far yielded over $800 billion in economic output. The 5,000 Insect Genome Project (i5k), an initiative that aims to sequence the ...

Camp Hill Middle School science teacher Chad Gallaher has been teaching what has become a rite of passage for Camp Hill seventh graders for 25 years. “It’s an insect project,” Gallaher said from his ...

Queensland insect enthusiasts are using their cameras to help researchers study bug populations, as part of a national citizen science project. Bug Hunt, developed by the Invasive Species Council and ...

It has come to light that an ongoing research program funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is working on a project using gene-editing techniques like CRISPR to infect ...

There are more kinds of insects in the world than all other organisms combined! Insects live on the earth's surface, in the soil, and in water - in deserts, rain forests, hot springs, snow fields, and ...

A new consortium has been launched to support the development of sustainable production and processing techniques for insect-based products in North-West Europe. FoodNavigator caught up with ValuSect ...