Tag: insects

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Yellow scorpion infestation has become a major challenge for Sao Paulo residents

  

  The mega-polis Sao Paulo, Brazil, home to tens of millions of people who live in the city and its sprawling outskirts, has a major scorpion problem that isn’t going away anytime soon.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  “Good” insects declining dramatically while houseflies and cockroaches’ boom

  

  Scientific review of insect numbers suggests that 40% of species are undergoing “dramatic rates of decline” around the world. The study says that bees, ants and beetles are disappearing eight times faster than mammals, birds or reptiles. But researchers say that some species, such as houseflies and cockroaches, are likely to boom.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2013 - 05:43 UTC

  FAO suggests farming and feeding on insects can address global food insecurity

  

  While insects can be slimy, cringe-inducing creatures, often squashed on sight by humans, a new book released by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says beetles, wasps and caterpillars are also an unexplored nutrition source that can help address global food insecurity.