Less than two hours after sunrise, with the shadows still blue and slanting hard in a dense growth of balsam firs and spruces, the baby bird blundered into a fine black net strung along the ridgeline ...

Insects form the base of many food chains and pollinate both wild plants and cultivated crops. Here, a bee works on a flower in Henniker last month. (Photo by Dana Wormald/New Hampshire Bulletin) This ...

Rapid decline worldwide should be treated as a red flag warning, an expert warns, as the fallout could be felt across human health and food security ...

Ecologists now describe insect decline as a defining signal of a broader ecological breakdown. Evidence from long-running field studies shows falling insect numbers even inside protected reserves with ...

Scientists are bugging out as the insect world endures “death by a thousand cuts,” according to several new studies. Insects have been under attack by climate change, agricultural practices and other ...

You say you don’t like spiders and insects and other creepy crawlies? You wish that mosquitoes would disappear from the planet? Beware of what you wish for. In partnership with green plants, the ...

A recent global analysis shows that invasive alien species are linked to significant declines in insect populations and ...

New study shows insect populations declining even when people aren't around to bug them. A new study out shows insect populations are declining even without direct inference from humans. We asked one ...