Buyers may pay up to $450 for the privilege of owning an orchid mantis. Breeder prices vary depending on shipping costs and the breeder’s ethics. Female orchid mantises live eight to 10 months, while ...

How a New South Wales breeder ended up at the center of a $140K roach bust tied to reptile food and Australia's strict ...

Authorities recently made the shocking discovery of dozens of exotic live beetles concealed in packages of Japanese snacks, including potato chips and chocolate, during a search at Los Angeles ...

Museums and zoos give access to the wonders and rarities of nature, but such rarities can also be found at times by Customs inspectors at Dulles International Airport, where federal inspectors said ...

Australia confiscated 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches in a record-breaking bust linked to the underground insect trade.

You may see lab-grown meat and insects on the menu in future decades, as the world grapples with challenges to food security posed by climate change and conflict. These new and developing areas of ...

Australian authorities say they have seized more than 100,000 live cockroaches from a single breeder, marking the country’s largest-ever bust of illegal exotic invertebrates. The confiscated bugs, ...