Insects are declining due to habitat loss and rising temperatures. Bees struggle in cities, and nighttime heat worsens the ...

To a close approximation, all animals on Earth are insects – both in terms of species numbers and biomass. To understand why insect communities are structured like they are, we need to understand how ...

Insects—“the little things that run the world,” as the naturalist E.O. Wilson called them—are at the heart of the food web, the main way nature converts plant protoplasm into animal life.

Bees are particularly hard-hit, suffering from habitat loss driven by agriculture and urban development, compounded by the growing effects of climate change. A latest study conducted by a team of ...

What's the currency for all life on Earth? Carbon. Every living thing needs a source of carbon to grow and reproduce. In the ...

The study shows that insects from different trophic levels react differently to the combination of higher temperatures and more intensive land use. Bees were particularly affected. While populations ...

For lunch, a meal that everyone should be familiar with, what’s better than a quick helping of macaroni, insect fragments and cheese? While I realize this isn’t as catchy of a name, it’s more honest.

This information will allow me to make theoretical predictions of how top down forces are likely to vary in space, but also add valuable information of how insect food webs build up in space. On my ...