Recent News Headlines : Insect

WHY ARE BEES IMPORTANT? UN ANNOUNCES MAY 20 AS WORLD BEE DAY


Why Are Bees Important? UN Announces May 20 As World Bee Day... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 10

ENGLISH RIVERS POLLUTED BY POWERFUL INSECTICIDES, FIRST TESTS REVEAL


However, evidence is also growing that neonicotinoids - the world's most widely used insecticide - harm other species, such as songbirds... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 4022

UK WILL BACK TOTAL BAN ON BEE-HARMING PESTICIDES, MICHAEL GOVE REVEALS


A total ban on insect-harming pesticides in fields across Europe will be backed by the UK, environment secretary Michael Gove has revealed... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 107062

A GIANT INSECT ECOSYSTEM IS COLLAPSING DUE TO HUMANS. IT'S A CATASTROPHE


Thirty-five years ago an American biologist Terry Erwin conducted an experiment to count insect species... READ MORE

21st October, 2017 79767

WARNING OF 'ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON' AFTER DRAMATIC PLUNGE IN INSECT NUMBERS


Goulson said a likely explanation could be that the flying insects perish when they leave the nature reserves... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 125362

SHARE YOUR PICTURES OF INSECTS AROUND THE WORLD


A dramatic plunge in insect numbers reported in a new study has led scientists to predict what they are calling ecological Armageddon ... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 256

PESTICIDE LINKED TO DECLINE IN BEE POPULATIONS FOUND IN 75% OF HONEY SAMPLES WORLDWIDE


Pesticide linked to decline in bee populations found in 75 percent of honey samples worldwide... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 9

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BEES ARE DYING -- WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?


Though the country is one of Asia's largest honey exporters, beekeepers find it harder to maintain their colonies, while making a reasonable living... READ MORE

27th June, 2017 22881

PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS' OWN TESTS REVEAL SERIOUS HARM TO HONEYBEES


Two of the world's top three insecticides harm bumblebees - study... READ MORE

22nd September, 2016 6954

B&Q TO STOP SELLING PLANTS GROWN WITH BEE-HARMING PESTICIDES


All flowering plants sold by B Q are to be grown without using pesticides that are harmful to bees, the retailer has announced... READ MORE

9th May, 2017 6364

WHERE HAVE ALL THE INSECTS GONE?


It is the calling card of the Anthropocene, the human-dominated geological epoch we have entered, that we have a diminished world to share with wilder life... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 5478

TESCO'S PLAN BEE: SPILT SUPERMARKET SUGAR TO HELP FEED HUNGRY HONEY BEES


Retailer's waste sugar makes beeline for Cornish apiculture scheme as winter nectar shortage further hits stricken species... READ MORE

9th February, 2017 5190

WHAT IN THE WORLD EUROPES MOSQUITO-FREE ISLAND PARADISE ICELAND


Nor does Iceland lack the ponds and lakes where mosquitoes love to breed... READ MORE

3rd November, 2016 4109

FLOTILLAS OF FIRE ANTS ADD NEW LAYER OF HORROR TO POST-HARVEY FLOOD HAVOC


Despite the raft-making behaviour being well known to entomologists it was observed following hurricane Katrina, images of the ants sailing on floodwaters have caused panic online... READ MORE

30th August, 2017 2607

POLL REVEALS PUBLIC IGNORANCE ABOUT BEES


As Royal Mail launches new bee stamp set, half of British people cannot name a single bee species despite recognising the importance of the pollinators... READ MORE

18th August, 2015 1593

FIRE ANTS JOIN TOGETHER TO MAKE LIVING RAFT IN HARVEY FLOODWATERS -- AND IT COULD HAPPEN HERE


Fire ants inundated by Tropical Storm Harvey's floodwaters in Texas have latched together to form a living, floating life raft to survive... READ MORE

30th August, 2017 1141

AGGRESSIVE SPIDERS CAUSE PANIC ON CANADA-BOUND PLANE


The two hairy spiders were spotted towards the end of an Air Transat flight from Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, to Montreal in April... READ MORE

21st May, 2016 1086

BUMBLE BEES FOUND TO HAVE 'IMPRESSIVE' BRAIN POWER AS THEY ARE TRAINED TO SCORE 'GOALS' BY SCIENTISTS


This shows an impressive amount of cognitive flexibility, especially for an insect, said Dr Olli Loukola, another member of the Queen Mary team... READ MORE

25th February, 2017 920

WAIT WHATS THAT NOISE CICADAS THE NEW BATCH TO SOUND SIREN SONG IN 5 STATES


In general, development in forested areas that remove trees, which are the habitat for periodical cicadas, has drastically reduced their populations, he said... READ MORE

28th April, 2016 608

STRESSED YOUNG BEES COULD BE CAUSE OF COLONY DECLINES, SCIENTISTS FIND


Bees having to forage younger because older workers have been killed off for disease could be key factor behind colony collapse disorder... READ MORE

10th February, 2015 440

CONSERVATIONISTS SLAM 'HATEFUL' SURVEY PROMOTING WASP KILLING


It's hard to form good intentions with hateful language, said Matt Shardlow, chief executive of Buglife, of the Big Wasp Survey... READ MORE

23rd August, 2017 324

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER WORLD'S FIRST-KNOWN 'WEREWOLF PLANT'


The plant relies on moonlight to cause reflections which catch the attention of the insects... READ MORE

2nd April, 2015 223

ABOUT THOSE FLOATING FIRE ANTS THAT SURFACED WHEN HARVEY HIT


Mike Hixenbaugh, a medical writer for The Chronicle, recorded a video of one such fire-ant cluster while working on a flood story Monday in Cypress Creek... READ MORE

31st August, 2017 219

US RELEASES MILLIONS OF WASPS TO FIGHT ASH TREE BORER


Ash trees in Britain and on the European continent are also under threat from the emerald ash borer... READ MORE

25th May, 2016 166

A BUMBLEBEE AND A HUMMINGBIRD IMPALED EACH OTHER TO DEATH SIMULTANEOUSLY AS IF FILMING A KUNG FU MOVIE


Forget the weasel riding dive-bombing a woodpecker, a new cinematic war is raging amongst countryside wildlife bumblebee vs. hummingbird... READ MORE

17th March, 2015 148

RARE FALSE CLICK BEETLE 'SPOTTED FOR FIRST TIME' ON WIMBLEDON COMMON


The globally rare False Click Beetle Eucnemis capucina was found on Wimbledon Common by London's Natural History Museum during an insect survey... READ MORE

11th July, 2015 109

HUNTING FOR MOTHS IN THE NIGHT GARDEN


Once a week I record which species are drawn to the light, my first year of contributing data to the Garden Moth Scheme... READ MORE

23rd May, 2017 108

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTER BANS 'UNSUITABLE' PEPPA PIG EPISODE FEATURING A FRIENDLY SPIDER


Abc banned peppa pig episode featuring a friendly spider as unsuitable in australia which has some of the world's most deadly spiders... READ MORE

13th February, 2015 95

GARDEN-CARE GIANT TO DROP CHEMICALS LINKED TO BEE DECLINES


Another study published last year says neonics might hit wild bumblebees harder than domestically raised honeybees... READ MORE

12th April, 2016 88

JELLYFISH FLOURISH BUT WASPS WOBBLE IN YEAR OF CLIMATE CONFUSION


Matthew Oates, a National Trust nature and wildlife specialist, said he was most struck by the proliferation of jellyfish and the paucity of wasps... READ MORE

29th December, 2015 84

ANTS AND TERMITES MIGHT RUN MORE OF THE WORLD THAN YOU THINK


Commercial potential In a separate research venture, scientists are exploring commercial applications for ants and termites in agriculture... READ MORE

16th February, 2015 80

BATTLE AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE BEETLES HITS HURDLE


The virus, which attacks only rhinoceros beetles, typically reduces damage caused by coconut rhinoceros beetles by up to 90 percent, and population suppression lasts indefinitely, Moore stated... READ MORE

12th July, 2015 78

KING OF STING - THE SCIENTIST WHO REVIEWS THE STINGS OF INSECTS


Like the sting of the fierce black polybia wasp, which apparently feels like a ritual gone wrong, Satanic... READ MORE

21st June, 2016 66

BRITISH POLICE NET THE STALKER OF RARE BLUE BUTTERFLY


He was also observed acting suspiciously at another Large Blue butterfly hot spot in Somerset... READ MORE

18th March, 2017 57

'EVERYTHING'S POLLINATED AROUND HERE RIGHT NOW'


'everything's pollinated around here right now' reproducing bees create buzz on elgin street... READ MORE

7th June, 2016 52

'LIFE IN ONE CUBIC FOOT' AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM TAKES ON THE WORLD ONE FOOT AT A TIME


Life in One Cubic Foot at the Natural History Museum takes on the world one foot at a time... READ MORE

4th March, 2016 45

MIAMI SPRAYED WITH INSECTICIDE IN EFFORT TO STOP ZIKA SPREAD


A plane carrying insecticide flies over an area of Miami, Florida, in an effort to control the spread of the Zika virus... READ MORE

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