Mealworms could be next on your plate -- but don't worry, it's good for the environment. Getty Images/Science Photo Library This might be a not-so-happy meal. Creepy crawlies could be the key to ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto People around the world have actively consumed insects for all of human history and still do, including many cultures of Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceana.

This DIY mealworm feeder made from tuna cans costs less than a few dollars to make. You just need a few supplies and tools. Then hang it in a tree, and wait for those beautiful bluebirds to arrive.

About one-third of the burger is mealworm larvae. A burger weighing 100 grams (3.5 ounces) has about 10 grams of protein in it -- about the same amount found in a child's-size beef burger. Belgian ...

A local student finds an unwanted ingredient in a school lunch: a dead mealworm. WESH 2 News went looking for answers as to how the mealworm got there. Michelle Meredith (@MichelleWESH) has the story.

Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but now widespread across the planet, a beetle larvae from the Alphitobius ...

Still, mealworms aren’t the first insect used as edible fat. European companies such as Protix use insect oil in animal feed, and Tzompa-Sosa’s team experimented with black soldier fly fat to ...

Mealworm burgers have been on sale in Swiss supermarkets since 2017. AFP via Getty Images. Yellow mealworm is soon to appear on European menus, in bars, smoothies and burgers, after the EU decided ...

But the mealworm had another opinion. This is how we figured it out. 1. We got a paper plate and put an X in the middle. 2. We put the names of each flavor in a section of its own. 3.

Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, might have met its match: The small, brownish, squirmy mealworm. Researchers have learned that ...