Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

Scientists are increasingly drawn to unmanaged colonies of this species, which use a variety of strategies to protect ...

Lush, green and brimming with trees and wildlife, forests are the Earth's lungs and source of livelihoods for many ...

About 75 percent of our food crops and more than 80% of wild plants require pollination by insects. The value of crop pollination alone is estimated at up to 577 billion US dollars per year worldwide.

While some insects, like fireflies, surprise us with their ability to shine in the darkness, other insects tend to ...

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering ...

In just 10 years, fires, drought, and insect infestations have devastated close to a third of forests in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains, a new study finds. The region, which extends from Lake ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

Researchers have discovered ancient time capsules in South America. Specifically, they found amber samples in an Ecuadorian quarry with tiny traces of a 112-million-year-old forest from the ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse ...