A byproduct of insect farming improves soil health and reduces insect damage in soybean and switchgrass crops according to ...

A team of researchers from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Arkansas suggests that the insect farming byproduct “frass” improves soil health and reduces insect damage ...

Streetlights left on all night cause leaves to become so tough that insects cannot eat them, threatening the food chain, a study has found. “We noticed that, compared with natural ecosystems, tree ...

According to a new study by the University of Würzburg, Bavarian meadows are the most monotonous insect habitats. Surprisingly, fields and settlements often offer more diversity than grassland.

Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...

From butterflies to grasshoppers, many delicate little things that run our world are in dire trouble. Not just in regions where human activity directly affects the landscape, but even in remote, human ...

Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it ...

(CNN) — Extreme land use combined with warming temperatures are pushing insect ecosystems toward collapse in some parts of the world, scientists reported Wednesday. The study, published in the journal ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 20, 2025) A study in Conservation Genetics, entitled “Organic farming fosters arthropod diversity of specific insect guilds – evidence from metabarcoding,” showcases the ...

Flying insects are contaminating new environments by eating microplastics in polluted waters and carrying them through the air, a new study has found. Flying insects are contaminating new environments ...

The insects that keep the world running by pollinating plants and supporting food chains face grave risks, a new study has found. The combination of climate change and heavy agriculture is having a ...

Cicadas from a 17-year cicada brood and shells shed by cicada nymphs sit at the base of a tree on May 29, 2024, in Park Ridge, Ill. Cicadas are of the order Hemiptera — the type of winged insects ...