Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...
For Professor Michal Segoli of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, these tiny creatures are a lifelong fascination and the ...
Scientists used 65-year-old grasshopper collections to uncover how climate change affects insect sizes, revealing which species thrive.
Artificial lights at night are causing serious disruption to these insect night shift workers. That’s a problem for everyone.
A new species of caddisfly, Tinodes lumbardhi, was found in a sidestream of the Lumbardhi i Deçanit River in Kosovo's ...
An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...
A new study has revealed how sudden cold waves impacts wildlife, including insects and mammals, in the Amazon rainforest.
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...
Once the temps drop and snowflakes begin to fall, it’s easy to assume that insects have simply disappeared. And while many do ...
The high levels of endemism among both gall-inducing insects and their host plants highlight the need for conservation efforts in these biodiverse regions, as many species are vulnerable or ...