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Articles on Insects
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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.
Invertebrates are the most abundant animals on our planet – and the vast majority are nothing to be afraid of, despite their appearances.
Top contributors
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Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Adjunct associate, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
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Biodiversity Management Officer, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Bath
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Chercheur à l’Institut de systématique, évolution, biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
