New study shows insect populations declining even when people aren't around to bug them. A new study out shows insect populations are declining even without direct inference from humans. We asked one ...

Ecologists now describe insect decline as a defining signal of a broader ecological breakdown. Evidence from long-running field studies shows falling insect numbers even inside protected reserves with ...

Even in areas relatively undisturbed by human activity, insect populations are on the decline, with climate change as a likely culprit. That's the finding of new research from the University of North ...

Several insect species, including ants, honeybees and termites, live in highly organized societies, also known as social ...

You say you don’t like spiders and insects and other creepy crawlies? You wish that mosquitoes would disappear from the planet? Beware of what you wish for. In partnership with green plants, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Insects form the base of many food chains and pollinate both wild plants and cultivated crops. Here, a bee works on a flower in ...

Insect life in Kent continues to plummet, according to "troubling" data in a new study. The 2025 Bugs Matter "splat survey" revealed the number of flying bugs in the county has fallen by 66% in just ...

Fossil relatives of dragonflies, known as griffinflies, had wingspans of 70 centimeters (28 inches) 300 million years ago, and they weren’t the era’s only insects that far exceeded their modern ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this forest consists of insects. These small creatures pollinate plants, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study suggests many Amazon insects already live near their upper heat tolerance, meaning rising temperatures could ...