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Billions of people around the world regularly eat insects but they’re not commonly found in Western diets. That could change because as the Earth’s growing population puts more pressure on global food production, insects are increasingly seen as a viable food source.

The return of cicadas can be frightening for those who have a phobia of bugs. News4’s Doreen Gentzler speaks with a child and adolescent psychiatrist who gives advice to parents about dissuading any fears in children.

Thousands of predatory marine worms with hooked jaws were spotted off the coast of South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources warned people not to swim with the clamworms.

Brook Stevens was building a tiki bar outside his home in Huntingtown, Maryland, last week when he saw it; a fat, black-and-yellow hornet at least an inch long.  Stevens, a 40-year-old dad, had just read online about the “murder hornet.” So he smacked the bug dead and snapped photos. He knew it would scare his 10-year-old daughter.  “I saw this...

Hundreds of people in the D.C. area have contacted officials to report suspected sightings of murder hornets. But the murder hornet, named the Asian giant hornet, has only been found in Washington state in the United States. Think you saw one? Here is how to identify one.