The guts of an insect called the cochineal contain a traditional source of bright red dye -- a dye which has now become a booming industry because of a growing preference for juices and yogurts that ...

In this video, I create a dye from the cochineal insect to paint art on three different materials. Cochineal is a parasitic scale insect that produces a crimson dye, significant to Aztec and Mayan ...

Have you ever heard of cochineal? And I am not referring to the upscale restaurant in Marfa, Texas, but to the small, scale insect native to our area. This insect lives on nopal, prickly pear, Opuntia ...

Artist Fabiola Martinez has always had a passion for painting, and it's her use of a traditional technique from her home in Mexico that continues to define her work. Martinez uses the deep red ...

After cochineals die, their legacy lives on in the brilliant red hue produced by their hemolymph! The cochineal is a tiny insect deeply rooted in the history of Oaxaca, Mexico. Female cochineals spend ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Manufacturers of alcoholic beverages using crimson coloring derived from the cochineal bug have to disclose its presence on the label, under new rules adopted by the Alcohol and ...

News flash: You probably eat bugs a few times a week without realizing it. It sounds kinda gross, we know, but the cochineal bug has been used as a red dye for centuries. The Spanish conquistadors ...

An average trip to the grocery store can yield a cartful of colorful foods. Bright among the rainbow are the reds, lending hues to products such as raspberry jam, canned cherries, strawberry licorice, ...

Tuna found in the desert? OK, fair enough: that’s tuna, as in the Spanish for prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal. Ken Factor and I have spotted an ancient cactus tree growing close to the veranda ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Manufacturers of alcoholic beverages using a crimson color additive derived from the cochineal bug will have to disclose its presence on the label, under rules proposed by the ...

Truly vibrant red was elusive for many years: until a mysterious dye was discovered in Mexico. Devon Van Houten Maldonado reveals how a crushed bug became a sign of wealth and status. Although scarlet ...