Edible Insects

Tad Yankoski, an entomologist at the Missouri Botanical Garden's Butterfly House, explains how to humanely kill and cook periodical cicadas on Monday, May 20, 2024, in Chesterfield, Mo.

Culture & History

Cicadas are ‘tender and savory.’ Here’s how to capture and cook them

Emily Woodbury

Interested in partaking in 2024’s most unusual culinary experience? We’ve got you covered.

A Brood X periodical cicada collected in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2021.

Health, Science & Environment

Up to 60 billion cicadas are about to emerge in St. Louis. Here’s what you need to know

Emily Woodbury

It's estimated that there will be 1 million to 1.5 million periodical cicadas per acre in the St. Louis region this spring.

Adult periodical cicadas climb along tree branches.

Health, Science & Environment

Billions of cicadas in the Midwest this spring will be 'a really weird phenomenon'

Keely Brewer

Starting in late April, two major broods of cicadas will crawl out of the soil and head to treetops to sing and mate — the first time they've emerged at the same time in more than 200 years.

Sarah Schlafly, co-founder of Mighty Cricket, measures cricket powder on March 14, 2019 for a batch of dark cocoa oatmeal at Urban Eats Cafe.

Health, Science & Environment

St. Louis Startup Puts Crickets On The Breakfast Table

Shahla Farzan

Sarah Schlafly isn’t squeamish when it comes to eating insects.For her, crickets are just “land shrimp.”The St. Louis-based entrepreneur co-founded Mighty…