It has long been known that agriculture contributes to the decline in insect biodiversity. The loss of host plants, frequent mowing, and pesticide use all deprive many species of their habitats. Now, ...

Zoe Short shows off a monarch butterfly she named Russell in front of UW’s Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center pollinator garden. Short, a recent UW graduate from Douglas, was the lead author of a ...

Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA from 85 species could be ...

Hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps, sawflies) is one of four insect orders with more than 100,000 described species. Above are three hymenopteran fossils. (Photos University of California Museum of ...

Insects dominate terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems across the globe. They perform a diverse range of roles and provide ecosystem services valued at billions of pounds each year. One of the most ...

Researchers have examined how mulching at different times affects insect flower-visitors and larvae. Mulching is a possible management method for forest meadows and is important to their upkeep.

A decade ago, biologists and natural historians around the world launched ambitious goals to create inventories of our planet’s biodiversity. After all, they said, you can’t save what you don’t know ...

To enhance the number of beneficial insect species in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats and promoting crop diversity are both needed, according to new research. To enhance the number ...