Monash University scientists have developed a global framework to tackle a major blind spot in biodiversity conservation: ...

Insects quietly hold much of the natural world together, yet conservation efforts are overlooking the tropical regions where more than 80 percent of insect species live. Monash University researchers ...

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 ...

Journey to the AntsBy Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson (1994) 1. Around 20 quadrillion ants live worldwide, scientists estimate, and yet the teeming societies beneath our feet are invisible to ...

More than 75 percent of the world’s insect species are insufficiently protected when it comes to conservation areas around the globe, according to a recent new study. From our favorites like bees and ...

For a fossil described as a crustacean, it seemed to have an awful lot of insectlike traits, such as a body split into three ...

Earwigs are the hero single mothers of the insect world, and good for your garden too by Christopher Terrell Nield, The Conversation Editors' notes Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public ...

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Extreme land use combined with warming temperatures are pushing insect ecosystems toward collapse in some parts of the world, scientists reported Wednesday. The study, published in the journal Nature, ...