Insects, vital for our ecosystem, face a steep decline. A study by Binghamton University reveals agricultural intensification and climate change as key factors. Land use and insecticides ...

An asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous Period ended the dinosaurs, but earlier smaller extinctions dramatically set the ...

Insects are not just any other organism inhabiting the planet. These small creatures make big impacts on the lives of humans. From the creation of useful substances such as honey and silk to ...

The Monte Gordo grasshopper (Eyprepocprifas insularis) has proved to be a rare and elusive species: its last, and, until now, ...

Among the species hardest hit is the monarch butterfly, with its vivid orange-and-black wings and one of the most ...

The closest place to Rhode Island to witness the emergence of periodical cicadas is Cape Cod, where Brood XIV is expected to ...

Rediscovered after 104 years, vivid red stinkhorn Mutinus bambusinus resurfaces in Sri Lanka garden, spotlighting citizen ...

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

Moreover, should we continue to ignore all the types of biting spiders, wriggling worms and flying bugs that are also going extinct? Scientists estimate that there may be as many as 5,5 million ...

Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear, ...