Albanian women have long been famed for their stylish and colourful traditional attire that some still wore until relatively ...

Exhibits also feature looms for making Song brocade ... to replace limited mulberry leaves and enable silkworms to grow in winter and produce silk in specific colors. The museum has expanded ...

By applying CRISPR-Cas9, a technique that has already been widely used to create custom medical treatments or make farm ... strength of the silk produced by gene-modified silkworms.

For silk, the silkworms must only eat organic plant matter ... magnetic cardboard box. It'd make an ideal gift for the eco-conscious friend. It comes in seven colors, including a luxe gold ...

From the spotted Egyptian Mau to the elegant Turkish Angora, these are the oldest breeds that still exist today ...

Insects are small but have a huge impact. Insects represent more than half of all wild species on the planet, with more than ...

Silk has a legacy; bamboo has celebrity endorsement. Both are lustrous and cooling — but which is actually worth sleeping on?

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest ...

Azerbaijan was once a center of the Eastern silk industry, with a history dating ... Collective farms disappeared, plantations were abandoned, silkworm breeds deteriorated, and specialists left ...

evident in the city's silk lanterns that shaped and illuminated from the inside. This tradition is making its solo debut in the Philippines where visitors can also try out or take home a do-it ...