Dimapur: Two housewives from Tuophema village in Kohima district have found sustainable livelihood in Eri silkworm farming. Starting from humble begin.

During feeding times, automated guided vehicles transport stacks of silkworm trays to automated feeding systems, where robotic feeders can simultaneously serve up to 20,000 silkworms.

Knowable Magazine reports that worm-inspired treatments show promise for metabolic diseases by reducing inflammation and improving insulin sensitivity.

Knowable Magazine reports that worm-inspired treatments show promise for metabolic diseases by reducing inflammation and improving insulin sensitivity.

‘Man-eating’ screw worm turns hospital into horror show A long-forgotten parasite has made a comeback and is reasserting its dominance in Honduras ...

Jannique Mulder-Slater is a 16-year-old aspiring entomologist from Bocabec, N.B., who found three rare cecropia moths in her neighbourhood. After one of the moths laid eggs, Mulder-Slater decided ...

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For fifteen years a plague had raged among the silkworms of France. They had sickened and died in multitudes, while those that succeeded in spinning their cocoons furnished only a fraction of the ...