Our readers may not generally be aware that for several years the microscope has been employed in Europe for the purpose of scanning the eggs of the silk moth, with a view to separating the bad ...

In the mid 1800s, a pervasive disease decimated silkworm agriculture in France. In an effort to save the silk-production industry, the French government persuaded Louis Pasteur, well-respected for ...

I love how the Japanese revere and show appreciation for a humble three-inch (7.6-centimeter) soft-bodied worm that becomes a moth ... It’s the silkworm, a creepy-crawly, that played a ...