This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

Crickets. Flying ants. Bee larvae. Bugs are swarming onto menus in D.C. and beyond. Why it matters: Eating insects isn't new. Ancient Romans feasted on beetle larvae, the Aztecs on water fly eggs.

Fly maggots that hatch will then slowly decapitate the ant. | Credit: Sanford Porter Within days after hatching, the phorid larva migrates from the thorax into the ant's head; little is known ...

Escamoles, sometimes called ant egg caviar, are a delicacy in Mexico. These ant larvae can cost over $50 per pound. And when they're exported prices can double. But finding escamoles isn't easy.