Researchers in Canada are using artificial intelligence to monitor the ongoing mass extinction of insects, hoping to collect data that can help reverse species collapse and avert catastrophe for the ...

Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a "warning to humanity".

About 20 million species of insects inhabit all over the world are known as of 2018 and account for more than half of the identified species. However, it has become clear in a survey of insect ...

With just 1.2% of the world’s one million described insect species assessed for extinction risk, biodiversity assessment and conservation measures remain severely constrained. Sufficiently extensive ...

Despite fears over “insectageddon”, there is a lack of data about virtually all insect species globally and there is virtually no data on species in Africa. This is according to a team of scientists ...

They're known for their bright flashes of light and creating some dazzling displays at night, but the light of the fireflies could soon be going out as the insect faces extinction. While researchers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

For almost 30 years they passed as quirky eccentrics, diligently setting up their insect traps in the Rhine countryside to collect tens of millions of bugs and creepy crawlers. Now the group of German ...