Why Are Bees Important? UN Announces May 20 As World Bee Day... READ MORE›
However, evidence is also growing that neonicotinoids - the world's most widely used insecticide - harm other species, such as songbirds... READ MORE›
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›
Thirty-five years ago an American biologist Terry Erwin conducted an experiment to count insect species... READ MORE›
Goulson said a likely explanation could be that the flying insects perish when they leave the nature reserves... READ MORE›
A dramatic plunge in insect numbers reported in a new study has led scientists to predict what they are calling ecological Armageddon ... READ MORE›
Pesticide linked to decline in bee populations found in 75 percent of honey samples worldwide... READ MORE›
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›
Two of the world's top three insecticides harm bumblebees - study... READ MORE›
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›
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›
Retailer's waste sugar makes beeline for Cornish apiculture scheme as winter nectar shortage further hits stricken species... READ MORE›
Nor does Iceland lack the ponds and lakes where mosquitoes love to breed... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
Bees having to forage younger because older workers have been killed off for disease could be key factor behind colony collapse disorder... READ MORE›
It's hard to form good intentions with hateful language, said Matt Shardlow, chief executive of Buglife, of the Big Wasp Survey... READ MORE›
The plant relies on moonlight to cause reflections which catch the attention of the insects... READ MORE›
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›
Ash trees in Britain and on the European continent are also under threat from the emerald ash borer... READ MORE›
Forget the weasel riding dive-bombing a woodpecker, a new cinematic war is raging amongst countryside wildlife bumblebee vs. hummingbird... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
Another study published last year says neonics might hit wild bumblebees harder than domestically raised honeybees... READ MORE›
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›
Commercial potential In a separate research venture, scientists are exploring commercial applications for ants and termites in agriculture... READ MORE›
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›
Like the sting of the fierce black polybia wasp, which apparently feels like a ritual gone wrong, Satanic... READ MORE›
He was also observed acting suspiciously at another Large Blue butterfly hot spot in Somerset... READ MORE›
'everything's pollinated around here right now' reproducing bees create buzz on elgin street... READ MORE›
Life in One Cubic Foot at the Natural History Museum takes on the world one foot at a time... READ MORE›
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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