We’re making life tough for insects – and not just by swatting them away with a newspaper.
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West Nile virus arrived in North America in 1999 and spread across the continent by 2005. Here’s what you need to know about this mosquito-borne pathogen.
Have we overlooked the intelligence and value of wasps?
Your less manicured garden has the potential to combat tackle climate change and help wildlife survive.
Flies often beat out competitors for food because of their specialized sensing organs called antennae.
With more than one species for every person on the planet, soils are the most diverse habitat on Earth.
But pesticides and climate change are threatening moths’ future.
New research has found that bats avoid solar farms – but the findings should not hinder the transition to renewable energy.
Native common wildflowers provide large amounts of pollen and nectar for insects – but many are undervalued by the public.
Cicadas don’t need to bathe to stay clean.
A strange worm found in the jungle, then harvested and preserved in… gin, provides a better understanding of the evolution and genetics of flatworms.
Can planting trees help us solve the climate crisis? Probably, but to what extent?
Farms have become less friendly for our insect friends – this must be reversed if we want food to eat.
New research on what attracts blood-feasting flies to blue objects could help minimise the impacts of those insects on people and animals.
Picking the correct flowers is a crucial job for honey bees, so it’s no wonder they are incredibly efficient at it. But how can such little brains do it?
If the spring fire season in Canada is any indication, fire-loving pyrophilic insects will continue to thrive well into summer.
Maintaining a diversity of insects may be key for crop pollination in cities.
Artificial light is making it harder for male glow-worms to find bioluminescent females.
New research suggests insects have pollinated flowers since the pollen-bearing blooms first evolved more than 140 million years ago.
Some of the most important discoveries made in health and genetic science are thanks to the humble fruit fly.
Top contributors
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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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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Adjunct associate, CSIRO
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Biodiversity Management Officer, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Bath
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Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
