On a road trip from El Paso to Marfa in the history-rich state of Texas, travelers can discover how central artistic ...

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Butterfly Pavilion’s new exhibit highlights the cultural connections between humans and their invertebrate neighbors.

In Mexico's remote southern mountains, a Oaxaca artisan cooperative is keeping old traditions alive while supporting isolated ...

Starbucks previously used to use cochineal, a red dye made from crushed beetles, in some of its drinks and food. While the red-dyed products made up a small percentage of Starbucks’ offerings ...

Thirty other patients had negative patch test results. Carmine is a widely used pigment derived from gravid cochineal insects. Carminic acid is the source of its color. Only two previous ...

Cameron Thomas reflects on the abundance and exploitation layered upon the canvases of Jan Davidz de Heem, in a current ...

One of the most memorable looks from all of London Fashion Week was not made in an airy studio in Stoke Newington, but ...

The ancient Greeks originally had it. The story of the red carpet comes from the fact that cochineal. It's a very expensive dye. They wanted to use the best dyes to make this very expensive carpet ...