A researcher from Mainz University has published a special issue of Biology Letters on the causes and consequences of the worldwide insect decline as well as potential countermeasures Throughout the ...

A survey by the Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, with the help of citizen scientists, recorded a 63% drop in insect impacts, or bug splats, on car number plates between 2021 and 2024. Dr. Lawrence ...

Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...

Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the trend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Concern about insect losses has grown steadily, but most evidence comes from small studies focused on certain species or places. That makes it hard to understand what is happening at larger scales. A ...

The number of flying insects counted on vehicle licence plates in Northern Ireland has more than halved in the past five years, new figures suggest. The annual Bugs Matter "splat survey", a citizen ...

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 ...