Tag Archives: insects

Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species under control and break down dead material to release nutrients into the...

Genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton produces its own insecticide. The seeds were introduced in India in 2002 and today account for 90% of all cotton planting...

A new report, Insect Declines and Why They Matter, commissioned by an alliance of UK Wildlife Trusts in the south west, concludes that drastic declines...

A new peer-reviewed study shows an explosion in the toxicity of U.S. agriculture for insects over the past 25 years since neonicotinoid pesticides were...

Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Researchers presented Monday a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across...