pets Bug-based pet protein now available from Purina Thom Dunn

bugs in your food Are there wasps in your figs? Jennifer Sandlin

insects Watch these ants turn other ants into living storage tanks of food for the colony David Pescovitz

Lobster Consider the lobster: fun facts for National Lobster Day Annie Rauwerda

Food If you're allergic to seafood, do not eat cicadas. If you're not, here are recipes. David Pescovitz

bon appétit Food scientist thinks people should overcome their reluctance to eat maggots that feed on waste Mark Frauenfelder

baby Squee alert: A hummingbird feeds its teeny-tiny chicks Rusty Blazenhoff

jumping spiders Watch: Scientist discovers type of spider that nurses its babies with high-protein milk Carla Sinclair

Food Cotton and jelly sandwich? David Pescovitz

Business We're going to be eating bugs really soon now, again Cory Doctorow

Food EU standardizes edible insect rules Cory Doctorow

Science Self-healing fabrics inspired by squid teeth Cory Doctorow

science fiction The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

Delightful Creatures How the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world Brooke Borel

sports Explaining Cricket Evan Gore

Science Dinner's Revenge: mealworms that survive in the stomach, then eat their way out of predators Mary Roach