A "cricket" is an insect, but it also may be a footstool. The cricket (footstool) was usually no more than 12 inches high. It was used as a seat for very young children in school or as a foot rest.

KISUMU, Kenya, Sept 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It used to be that two sorts of people in this part of western Kenya ate crickets: the hungry, and singers who believed consuming the chirping ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Growing up in Mexico City, it was common for Jose Avila to snack on the edible bugs at the markets around town with his grandma and mom after school. So, the ...

Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops. “There’s one right there,” ...

Most chefs work with butter, herbs and maybe a little spice. Alexandra Lambert works with crickets — and loves every minute of it. As an entomologist at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans, Lambert ...

With a one-of-a-kind museum specimen, researchers recreated the chirp of ancient cricket relatives that droned alongside the dinosaurs. By Jack Tamisiea Whether it’s a cicada’s earsplitting drone, a ...

Insects are swarming the menu at a new restaurant in London. Owners say plating up bugs with scrumptious seasonings will help people and the planet. At the world’s first bug-based restaurant, if it’s ...