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What you think is a pest serves a purpose in nature. Keeping Pests away is easier and better than killing them with chemicals. All violence is harmful to humans and insecticides prove my point!

Don't resort to violence to get rid of pests'

There are many humane and harmless ways to keep insects at bay at your home.

26 Nov 2017 3:01 AM IST

Named after Southern Africas feared Matabele warrior tribe, the insects hunt termites bigger than themselves. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ants nurse wounded warriors back to health: Study

The study claimed to be the first to show such nursing behaviour in any non-human animal.

14 Feb 2018 3:29 PM IST

The team estimates there are many potential alien species yet to emerge. (Photo: Pixabay)

New alien species invasions rising globally: study

The team estimates there are many potential alien species yet to emerge.

6 Feb 2018 2:32 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Insect farms gear up to feed soaring global protein demand

Global population growth have raised per capita meat consumption by 50% over the past four decades, fuelling fears of a...

15 April 2018 12:14 PM IST

Certain edible insects are rich in vitamins and minerals. (Photo: Instagram)

Edible insects that are delicious

Ants, crickets and cockroaches: healthy snacks that taste like potato chips.

2 Oct 2019 1:33 PM IST

Experts estimate that flying insects across Europe have declined 80 per cent on average. (Photo: AFP)

Insects: the key foundation of ecosystems in rapid decline

World witnessing a rampant, 'catastrophic collapse' of insects: Study.

12 Feb 2019 2:09 PM IST

A souvenir shop and a mini auditorium to screen insect movies and documentary films are available (Photo: AFP)

Country's first insect museum opens in Tamil Nadu

It would display insects preserved as specimens as also live ones depicting their different developmental stages.

26 March 2018 7:15 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Eating crickets is good for your guts

More than 2 billion people around the world regularly consume insects.

5 Aug 2018 9:56 AM IST

Cricket cookies are a part of an experiment which see how readily people will overcome their preconceived notions about eating creepy crawlies (Photo: Pexels)

University team creates insect cookie to combat world hunger

Students bake ground-cricket-cookies for an experiment to find out if they are an alternate source of food to help...

4 Aug 2017 3:42 PM IST

Horrific footage of a doctor removing dozens of slimy, squirmy maggots from a boys ears have gone viral (Photo: Youtube)

Moment doctor removes live maggots from boy's ear will leave you...

Boy from Kazakhstan who had gone to doctor complaining of earache ends up getting maggots removed from ear.

13 July 2017 2:47 PM IST