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 ...

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 ...

Researchers report that an insect's ability to find food and a mate is reduced when their antennae are contaminated by particulate matter from industry, transport, bushfires, and other sources of air ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using weather radar, scientists tracked flying insects across the United States for a decade. They found stable national numbers ...

Field margins where hedges have been planted attract twice as many insects as those without hedges. This holds true even in ...

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 ...

New evidence suggests there is some truth to anecdotes about today’s car windscreens being covered in fewer dead insects than in the past. A UK citizen science survey has found the number of flying ...