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A diverse pollinator community is a reliable one.
One of the largest groups of 17-year cicadas, Brood X, last emerged from underground in 2004. The next generation will arrive starting in April.
EU-banned pesticides could not only threaten wild bees where they eat, but where they sleep too.
The last time a specimen was collected was in 1923.
Entomologists wonder if the insects currently pollinating farmed cacao are the right ones for the task.
COVID-19 kept many scientists from doing field research in 2020, which means that important records will have data gaps. But volunteers are helping to plug some of those holes.
De-icing salts help us get around in winter, but they corrode cars, crack roads and contaminate rivers and lakes. Scientists are working to develop better options by imitating natural antifreezes.
Chemicals banned in the EU were recently granted an exemption for limited use in the UK.
The spread of tawny crazy ants may be driven, in part, by their need for calcium. The calcium-rich limestone bedrock of the lower U.S. Midwest may provide ideal conditions for populations to explode.
For some sand-dwelling plants, stickiness is a defense tactic that keeps predators at bay.
Summer can bring out the bugs. Here’s what to do if you miss a spot when applying insect repellent.
The reality TV show I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here is under fire for using non-native insects while filming in the Welsh countryside.
Insects are plentiful and inexpensive. Even when children aren’t attending school in person, they can learn from the encounters they have with insects outside.
Nutrients and energy contained within dead animals are repurposed and repackaged into living, breathing insects.
Locust outbreaks are driven by unusual climatic conditions.
New research suggests individual bees are born with one of two learning styles – either curious or focused. Their genetic tendency has implications for how the hive works together.
Can a plan that brings together government and private landowners create enough habitat for monarch butterflies?
Finally we have a word to describe why wasps bother you in late summer: furlough.
A single colony of bees can have 60,000 bees in it. Together, they can visit up to 50 million flowers each day to collect pollen and nectar. They’re not called ‘busy bees’ for nothing!
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Adjunct associate, CSIRO
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Biodiversity Management Officer, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
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Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Bath
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
