Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Local business Beautiwood Unfinished Furniture at the corner of Spruce and Abby in Northwest Fresno is selling bee boxes and insect habitats. Some look similar to birdhouses. ...

A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple prairie clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky.

Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark ...

Imagine driving down a highway in the summer. The windows are down, the music is loud, and the wind is whipping through your hair. Now picture your car's windshield. You might expect to see a handful ...

Tattoo Jep hornets: almost half the world’s insects could face habitat loss. (Courtesy: Kalamazadkhan CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Habitat loss may soon mean half the world’s insects, and many ...

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 ...

Habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide. In 2019, Biological Conservation reported that 40% of all insects species are declining globally and that a ...

Photo: Emily Dobbs, a University of Kentucky graduate student in entomology, evaluates a planting of perennial wildflowers located at University of Kentucky's AJ Powell Turf Research Facility that ...

Insect species are most diverse in the tropics, but are largely unresearched, with many species not described by science. But entomologists believe abundance is being impacted by climate change, ...