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Honey bee life spans are 50% shorter today than they were 50 years ago

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Widely used pesticide in US particularly harmful to bees, study finds

Widely used pesticide in US particularly harmful to bees, study finds

Sophie Abitz August 07, 2019

Agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insects in last 25 years as neonics are used on over 140....