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To limit our impact on the planet, one solution could be to replace meat with insects. Children could set an example.
Researchers explore what happens when ants can’t properly use smell to detect friend from foe.
Bees and other pollinators are key to food production, but they’re hard to keep an eye on. Now, AI software is helping track these essential farm workers.
New research from China shows how the loss of insects is destabilising food webs.
Tinkering around the margins of English farms won’t benefit biodiversity, research suggests.
From insects to birds to bats to frogs, these little loudmouths have found ingenious ways to deliver their messages at high volume.
Despite their sharp-looking pincers, earwigs have a reputation for being tender parents.
Huge swathes of Africa remain unstudied and their species undocumented.
Many gardeners worry these large larvae might damage plants. But before you squish them, read this.
There would be no life on Earth without invertebrates, but they are understudied and underappreciated. The Bug of the Year competition aims to change that, so have your say and vote!
Scientists use biologging devices to track animal behaviour – here are four times where it has improved our understanding of nature.
Wet weather is great for some species of bugs. But Christmas beetle swarms look to be a thing of the past
In one of the largest studies of its kind we looked at the evidence from over 300 published reports.
Woodlice are everywhere but people don’t like them much. Here’s why they should be more popular.
DDT accumulates in wildlife and magnifies up the food chain. Birds of prey occupy the top of these food chains in various ecosystems.
Across the world, phenological events are occurring increasingly earlier as a result of climate change.
Tiny plant and insect fossils provide unique insight into an ancient ecosystem that would, later, be altered by climatic shifts.
Over hundreds of million years of evolution, ants have come up with some pretty smart solutions to problems of agriculture, navigation and architecture. People could learn a thing or two.
Everyone is feeling the heat these days – even species that develop underground.
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Cameron Webb is a Friend of The Conversation.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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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Bath
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Biodiversity Management Officer, University of Sydney
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Chercheur à l’Institut de systématique, évolution, biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
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Researcher, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of York
