Grasshoppers may soon earn superfood status, as new research highlights their impressive health benefits. In Cameroon, ...

Ricardo Tepale Arévalo, 20, and other hunters search for grasshoppers in a field in Mexico's Puebla-Tlaxcala valley. (Luis Antonio Rojas / For The Times) The men and boys gathered in the early morning ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of tiny, grasshopper-like insect in the tropical rainforests of the Toledo District in southern Belize. Biologists named the new species Ripipteryx mopana. The ...

The public is asked to report any other sightings. The grasshopper can grow nearly 3 inches long and has distinctive striped eyes. EVERETT — A striped-eyed bug wound up a long way from home this ...

A young boy in Kansas found a rare pink grasshopper while searching for insects in his family’s yard. The boy, who is 8 years old and hails from Arkansas City, was originally looking for green ...

A woman went on what she thought would be an ordinary walk during her lunch break only to spot an incredibly rare insect. Leonie Verkerk, 33, was shocked to see a grasshopper that was a vivid shade of ...

“Look ant,” said the grasshopper, “I don’t have anything against you, but I’m not particularly interested in getting eaten ...

June 18, 2013— -- Would you eat cookies where the main ingredient is grasshopper? Natalia Hernandez and Jesus de Anda -- two chemical engineering students at Mexico's Tec de Monterrey University ...

When a torrent of grasshoppers devoured more than 100,000 acres of grass pastures and rangeland three years ago in the state’s northeast, Mike McKoen felt bad for the cattle ranchers who took a ...

Environmentalists and foodies alike have been hailing bugs as the future of eco-friendly protein. That’s great news for chefs and bug scientists with a taste for insects, including Marcel Dicke, an ...

SANTA MARIA ZACATEPEC, Mexico — The men and boys gathered in the early morning darkness outside an Oxxo convenience store, eyeing a stretch of damp fields behind it. They passed out cigarettes, ...

Are grasshoppers as delicious as ham? Mexico’s insect hunters would like you to find out Grasshopper hunters in Mexico are feeding a growing market for the insects, which are being turned into ...