Would you eat a mealworm? Bob Simpson hopes your answer is yes — or that you’d at least feed some to your chickens. Simpson owns Vermont Mealworm Farm, where he raises roughly 2.4 million of the ...

With the world’s human population continuing to grow, there’s a risk that food supplies could one day fall behind demand. But don’t worry, scientists have found a new slimy, wriggling source of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. With worries over food security and rising prices and mouths to feed, ...

Fancy a fresh summer salad topped with mealworms? One Parisian chef has capitalized on new EU regulation to put them front and centre of his tasting menu. "I'm Laurent Veyet, the chef of Inoveat ...

BOSTON -- Some scientists are proposing mealworms as a healthier alternative to meat. There are many parts of the world where the nutritional benefits of insects are celebrated, but most people here ...

The wriggly beetle larvae known as mealworms could one day dominate supermarket shelves as a more sustainable alternative to chicken, beef, pork and milk, researchers in the Netherlands say. Currently ...

Would you like some meaty, savory mealworm powder seasoning with your food? It’s a question you might soon be hearing at the dinner table, or at least that’s the hope of scientists at South Korea’s ...

Can’t stomach the plastic pollution that washes up on beaches, kills sea life and makes its way into the food chain? Well mealworms can – literally. Growing to more than 2cm long, mealworms are the ...