A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management of the insect collection at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in ...

A team of ecologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are leading an international initiative to investigate the decline of insect populations in the world’s tropical forests. Insects, the most ...

Scientists are seeing a concerning decline in insect biodiversity in tropical forests. According to a study summarized in The Conversation, researchers suspect that changes in climate patterns, fueled ...

For more than a decade, scientists have reported severe declines in populations of insects. We didn’t need the scientists to tell us. Anyone who remembers the numbers of bugs that used to splatter on ...

A species of frog-leg leaf beetle known as the “tropical jewel insect” has appeared for the first time in Korea, raising concerns among experts regarding its potential to damage crops and stunt plant ...

Soil insect communities in tropical forests are among the richest and most complex, but the mechanisms that structure them remain largely unknown. Identifying whether nutrient availability plays a ...

Some insects are more than just pesky especially when it comes to ones that spread disease. Malaria and other diseases are scary. However, it is even scarier when you realize how vulnerable we are ...

Adrian Kozakiewicz has been collecting and breeding unique tropical insects for the last 15 years and shares them with his fans on social media. In a recent Instagram post, where he has more than 5 ...

This Malayan jungle nymph may look like a rather prickly character, but the species is actually a gentle giant. In fact, it’s one of the largest and heaviest insects in its family, weighing up to 65 ...

Inspection of incoming plants by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and USDA, plus support of the University of Hawaii ...