Numerous scientific studies conclude that over 40% of all insect species are declining and one-third of them are endangered, largely because of habitat loss when industrial agriculture takes over ...

Insects may be even more dominant on Earth than scientists thought. A new estimate suggests the planet could hold 14 million ...

Insects are among the most numerous and diverse organisms on our planet. Practically no corner of Earth is free of the critters—even our southernmost continent has its own native insect, the Antarctic ...

Fruits and vegetables are often sprayed with fungicides to keep mold at bay. However, new research suggests one of these chemicals could be quietly harming insects that are critical to healthy ...

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial insects that play a critical role in pollination and wider ecosystems. New ...

After much discussion, the scientific community settled on an estimate of around six million species. This conservative ...

Insects may be far more numerous than anyone thought. A new study estimates that Earth holds 14 million to 20 million insect ...

Every spring, the air near my house hums. Bees and insects crisscross my yard searching for a sip of nectar, ferrying pollen between the golden poppies and California lilacs and bumbling across flower ...

So many of the world’s six-legged species are in trouble. Beetles are disappearing, butterfly populations are shrinking, and bumblebees are vanishing—all symptoms of a broader problem that has been ...

For more than a decade, scientists have reported severe declines in populations of insects. We didn’t need the scientists to tell us. Anyone who remembers the numbers of bugs that used to splatter on ...

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