Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures. A new study used cutting-edge genomic techniques on museum specimens to ...

So many of the world’s six-legged species are in trouble. Beetles are disappearing, butterfly populations are shrinking and bumblebees are vanishing—all symptoms of a broader problem that has been ...

A new study of ants in Fiji – involving genomic sequencing of over 4,000 ant specimens from museum collections – shows that most native species have been in decline since humans first arrived in the ...

Julian Schrader does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A new study has revealed that islands are home to around one in three of the world's plant species, despite covering just over 5% of the Earth's land surface. Dr. Julian Schrader, from Macquarie ...

In late 2017, a study by Krefeld Entomological Society looked at protected areas across Germany and discovered that two-thirds of the insect populations living in there had vanished over the last 25 ...

More than a fifth of the Earth’s plant species are found only on islands, making them one of the largest biodiversity hotspots, a breakthrough global study has found. This conclusion has pushed the ...