People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as ...

The larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) are considered a promising source of sustainable protein, as they contain high-quality protein comparable to soy protein. They can produce this ...

One female fly can lay 200-400 eggs. Researchers uncover surprising way flies could solve 2 global crises at once: 'Clever chemistry can start to bridge that gap' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Ready to give up backyard composting because it's too difficult? It may surprise you to learn that prolific (and kind-of-cute ...

If you’re a gardener and you’ve found composting difficult or frustrating, you’re not alone. LAist science reporter Jacob ...

Most of the flies’ total lifespan in the larval stage is as detritivores, or scavengers, he adds, when they consume rotting, semi-liquefied biowaste and potentially many other types of waste now ...

Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets and, maybe soon, people Black soldier fly larvae grow in a high-tech facility ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A bin full of black soldier fly larvae are eating away at food waste inside the Full Circle Bioconversion barn in Old Lycoming Township. For owner Aubrey Fornwalt, getting into ...

An innovative and low-cost project aims to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Often people kill flies or at ...

Last Wednesday, I visited the Black Soldier Fly for Bio-Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability (BBEST) project site at Nsawam to have a firsthand understanding and observe its operations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: In a rustic Havana workshop, Yodermis Diaz Hernandez tends to his black soldier flies. The former Cuban doctor is raising ...