WASHINGTON — The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said. Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species ...

Biodiversity loss is directly threatening human health and welfare, according to new research led by the University of ...

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some ...

The global decline of bees and other pollinators is stunting yields of fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Scientists estimate that the loss of these nutritious foods is leading to 427,000 early deaths a ...

The world's vital insect kingdom is undergoing "death by a thousand cuts," the world's top bug experts said. Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in ...

Ecologists now describe insect decline as a defining signal of a broader ecological breakdown. Evidence from long-running field studies shows falling insect numbers even inside protected reserves with ...

Q: I was reading that worldwide insect populations are declining at an alarming rate and that 40% of insect species face extinction in the next 10 to 15 years. Use of pesticides and climate change are ...

Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...

As many commercial operators and homeowners are shifting to LEDs, which tend to fall somewhere in the blue-white spectrum, the new results may have important implications beyond tropical rainforests.

Insect populations are taking a hit around the globe, and climate change and Big Ag may be to blame. According to a study conducted by University College London (UCL), the combination of rising ...