A new study by ATREE Entomologists documents 75 beetle species eaten by Indigenous communities in Northeast India, including 24 species reported as edible for the first time globally and five additional first records of edible use in India. The study published in published in npj Entomology, A Nature group Journal on 12 October 2026, highlights the region’s rich biodiversity knowledge and the importance of conserving both that knowledge and the beetles’ habitats.