Pollination loss removes healthy foods from global diets, increases chronic diseases causing excess deaths Debbie Banks December 14, 2022 Changes in land-use, use of harmful pesticides, and advancing climate change threaten wild pollinators, imperiling human supply of healthy foods.
Honey bee life spans are 50% shorter today than they were 50 years ago Debbie Banks November 14, 2022 In an effort to understand why, researchers have focused on environmental stressors, diseases, parasites, pesticide exposure and nutrition.
Entomologists issue warning about effects of climate change on insects Hannah Steiner November 08, 2022 Insects play a central role in ecosystems by recycling nutrients and nourishing other organisms further up the food chain, including....
Are insects doomed? New study shows added threat of climate change Debbie Banks November 01, 2022 The risk is highest for insect populations in temperate regions such as the continental U.S., according to the study.
Why some people are mosquito magnets Debbie Banks October 29, 2022 The female mosquito will hunt down any human, but some of us get bitten far more than others. The answer....
Social spiders have different ways of hunting in groups Debbie Banks October 20, 2022 New research has identified how social spiders evolved different ways of hunting in groups.
Exotic tree plantations can disturb local wildlife Liang Lan June 07, 2022 Initiatives using non-native tree species can impact tropical insects in neighboring forests, according to an international study.
Global Warming, Intensive Agriculture Reducing Insect Population By Half: Study Liang Lan May 28, 2022 A research recently revealed that global warming and intensive agriculture are causing insect population to plummet by nearly half, compared....
