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New insect treasures are almost certainly just waiting to be found by future palaeonentomologists.
About a third of insects attracted to artificial lights die by morning, often from exhaustion. But we can help them, and the vital ecosystems they serve, by reducing light pollution.
You’ll never look at spiders the same way.
Ferns have evolved a mutually beneficial relationship with ants, but this happened late in their evolution. A recent study shows that old dogs can learn new tricks.
Researchers have been estimating the vast numbers of insects, including many pollinators, migrating at one location in the Pyrenees. But climate change and habitat loss could affect their abundance.
A little corner of the garden set aside for wildlife can make a huge difference, if we all do it.
An insect’s physical shape and characteristics indicate which species it belongs to, but sometimes species appear remarkably similar. DNA technologies can help identify and discover species.
NoMowMay is a catchy concept, but it doesn’t provide the food that native North American pollinators need or lasting support for them.
Ever been made to feel small? Here’s why being petite is no bad thing.
99.96% of bee species do not die after stinging. So why does everyone think they do?
Only male crickets have wing structures that produce sound, but females are very good at following the signal.
Wild turkeys were overhunted across the US through the early 1900s, but made a strong comeback. Now, though, numbers are declining again. Two ecologists parse the evidence and offer an explanation.
Sometimes it seems the night is just buzzing with insects. But are there really more insects out at night? We analysed all the evidence on insect activity across the day–night cycle to find out.
The last time that these two groups of cicadas emerged from underground together, Thomas Jefferson was president.
Some butterflies are expanding their ranges as the climate changes, others are dwindling.
New AI tech could identify Asian hornets and help scientists eradicate invading colonies.
Check that something is blooming every week, March through October, to help bees.
Rock dust is only part of the story of soil. Living creatures, many of them too tiny to see, keep that soil healthy for growing everything from food to forests.
The US Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the country. Gardeners should take note.
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Adjunct associate, CSIRO
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Biodiversity Management Officer, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Bath
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Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
