The figures speak for themselves: insects pollinate 80% of flowering plants and are vital for 35% of the world's food production. And yet, they are still “undervalued and understudied ...

Bob Fischer is on the board of the Insect Welfare Research Society and the Arthropoda Foundation. All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all other ...

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an ...

Insects are disappearing due to agriculture -- and many other drivers, new research reveals New paper highlights 500+ interconnected drivers behind global insect decline Date: ...

Christopher Halsch has received funding from the USDA NIFA (2022-67011-36563). Eliza Grames receives funding from the National Science Foundation (DEB 2225092). Insects are all around us – an ...

The decline of insects in Northern Ireland is "worrying", a charity has warned. Buglife carries out a Bugs Matter "splat survey" every year, where people count the number of insects on a car ...

Easily dismissed as a "hard sell" to squeamish consumers, Australia's insect industry wants to be the nation's next agricultural powerhouse. As it explores the use of insects in everything from ...