A byproduct of insect farming improves soil health and reduces insect damage in soybean and switchgrass crops according to ...

Streetlights left on all night cause leaves to become so tough that insects cannot eat them, threatening the food chain, a study has found. “We noticed that, compared with natural ecosystems, tree ...

Researchers at the University of California Riverside found that bed bugs avoid water because it can block their breathing.

From butterflies to grasshoppers, many delicate little things that run our world are in dire trouble. Not just in regions where human activity directly affects the landscape, but even in remote, human ...

(CNN) — Extreme land use combined with warming temperatures are pushing insect ecosystems toward collapse in some parts of the world, scientists reported Wednesday. The study, published in the journal ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 20, 2025) A study in Conservation Genetics, entitled “Organic farming fosters arthropod diversity of specific insect guilds – evidence from metabarcoding,” showcases the ...

The insects that keep the world running by pollinating plants and supporting food chains face grave risks, a new study has found. The combination of climate change and heavy agriculture is having a ...

Amid recent reports of declining insect populations that have raised alarm, a meta-analysis published today (April 24) in Science finds that the number of individual freshwater insects has increased, ...

A new analysis of insect abundance surveys finds the decline may not be as dire as previously thought. Photo by Charles J Sharp via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Since 2018, news of an ...

Winter weather and amount of precipitation may have an impact on the tick and mosquito activity during spring and summer ...