They make silk by hand in a tedious, 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more ...

Brooklyn-based knitwear brand Grace Gui uses a "farm to fashion" approach that communicates transparency to consumers.

From these eggs will hatch tiny silkworms, caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding ...

That's the silk. The silkworms spin this filament into a cocoon. Then the caterpillar begins its transformation. Except, this is when silk producers butt in. The cocoons are steamed. This cleans ...

Five hundred and fifty-two A.D. Nestorian monks, who would later become Emperor Justinian, brought silkworm eggs to Europe by smuggling them out of China. As a consequence, the silk industry in the ...

A Monsieur Rollin lately exhibited before the French Academy, a silkworm's cocoon of a rose color; remarkable because the color was produced by feeding the worms upon mulberry leaves sprinkled ...

Silk sericin, a natural protein derived from silkworm cocoons, has garnered significant attention in the biomedical field due to its unique properties and potential applications in tissue ...

However, learning how to wash silk properly can be simpler than you might expect. This delicate material, derived from ...

Silkworms spin cocoons that silk producers eventually unravel and join to create the thread. Silk production costs have gone up with the introduction of synthetic fabrics like polyester.

Director Sericulture Jammu and Kashmir Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, Saturday chaired a meeting where in he set the roadmap for 2025-26 silkworm and Cocoon production. A statement issued here ...