For nearly twenty years, satellites have quietly gauged the flow of sunlight and heat through the Earth’s atmosphere. Today, ...
Not just in regions where human activity directly affects the landscape, but even in remote, human-free zones, a new study finds. The loss of insects in key areas around the globe has been attributed ...
Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...
Not an accolade anyone wants, but for the Xerces blue butterfly, its extinction is considered the first of any American ...
Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline.