The oldest book of zoology was published on clay tablets more than 3,600 years ago, and reported the names of 396 types of wild animals known at the time. Ten of them were different kinds of fly.

So you've just found maggots in your house – and are no doubt wondering not just why they are there but how they got there. Obviously, your first thought will be how to kill the maggots, but to avoid ...

We’re living through a golden age of archaeological discovery about our distant cousins, the Neanderthals. We’ve recently ...

Insects may be full of protein, but they weren’t on the menu for prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe or Central Asia. Even today, people descended from these ancient populations lack the ability to ...

Maggot-infested meat likely provided Neanderthals and even some modern-day humans with a rich source of fat and nitrogen. Reading time 3 minutes Modern humanity’s most famous cousins, the Neanderthals ...

How much would we have to pay you to eat a maggot? A lot, right? But soon you might be the one shelling out good money to down insects for dinner. The international investment bank Barclays is bullish ...