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Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...

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Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite inhabiting nearly every corner of the planet, many of the most common insect species ...

In a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru, ...

Ecologists now describe insect decline as a defining signal of a broader ecological breakdown. Evidence from long-running ...

A scientist has discovered a new species that belongs to a group of insects so rare that its closest relative was last seen in 1969. The new species of leafhopper was discovered during field work in ...

Caddisfly adults only live for about a month. Females lay their eggs in water, where the larvae hatch and swim. Entomology has a permanent souvenir of the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of a ...

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Species loss is a huge concern in larger agricultural models. Hard annual tilling and the use of what was once habitat to ...

Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...