While insect populations continue to decline, taxonomic expertise in Europe is at serious risk, confirms data obtained within the European Red List of Insect Taxonomists, a recent study commissioned ...

Vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, Zika, Chagas, and leishmaniasis pose significant socio-environmental ...

Image by the European Red List of Taxonomists consortium While insect populations decline, key expertise is at serious risk, confirms the European Red List of Insect Taxonomists, commissioned by the ...

Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy constitute foundational disciplines that underpin our understanding of biodiversity. Historically grounded in morphological and anatomical studies, these ...

Insect pollinators provide a critical ecosystem service by pollinating many wild flowers and crops. It is therefore essential to be able to effectively survey and monitor pollinator communities across ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 89, No. 12 (Dec., 2002), pp. 1867-1883 (17 pages) The floral structure of Alliaceae is assessed in relation to the systematics of the family, especially the nature of ...

Left to its own defenses, a farm field growing a variety of plants tends to attract fewer insect pests than a field growing just one type of crop. While scientists and farmers have noted that ...

Stick and leaf insects are a strikingly bizarre group of insects with a worldwide distribution. They are famous for their impressively large body size and their remarkable ability to camouflage ...

Scientists show for the first time that insects appeared on earth some 480 million years ago. They were able to adapt to environmental changes quickly and became the world's largest and most diverse ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Silica bodies from over 200 species of Neotropical grasses comprising 80 different genera from all currently recognized subfamilies have been ...