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To stop the Zika virus from spreading in Brazil, specialists call for an ‘environmental revolution’

Carolina Torres 18 Feb 2016

Toxic beetles and poisonous plants: Study reveals how southern Africa’s ‘bushmen’ make deadly poison arrows

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Feb 2016

Focus on breeding sites and biodiversity to control Zika, says leading entomologist

Catharine Watson 15 Feb 2016

The week in environmental news – Feb 05, 2016

Brittany Stewart 5 Feb 2016

Scientists survey 50 Americans homes, find more than 500 kinds of arthropods

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jan 2016

Why should I care about endangered species?

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

Groups plan to sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Monarch butterfly under Endangered Species Act

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

60 new species of dragonflies discovered in Africa

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2016

Photos: The top 20 new species of 2015

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Dec 2015

Birds, butterflies, and flowers might be blander than expected in the tropics

Alison F. Takemura 20 Nov 2015

The impacts of haze on Southeast Asia’s wildlife

Jose Hong 19 Nov 2015

Wolves of the microscopic world: new Dracula ant species found in Madagascar

Vinod Malwatte 18 Nov 2015

A surprising threat to Monarch butterfly survival — tropical milkweed

Sophie Furnival 23 Oct 2015

Creating wild edges on fields boosts wildlife numbers and crop yield

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Oct 2015

Researchers find many, many moths in Bolivian national park (Photos)

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Sep 2015

Curb climate change or lose bumblebees, blueberries, tomatoes

Karen Johnston 13 Jul 2015

‘Land sparing’ vs. ‘land sharing’: scientists weigh in on how to improve biodiversity on farms

Philip Rothrock 6 Jul 2015

A toad’s relationship with its prey endures in the face of deforestation for palm oil

Jordanna Dulaney 15 Jun 2015

Butterflies stand out as useful bioindicators in Malaysia

Michael Buelna 29 May 2015

Your name here: auctioning the naming rights to new species to fund conservation

Heather D'angelo 17 Apr 2015

Halloween in the Amazon: baby bird dresses up like killer caterpillar

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2015

Even cockroaches have personalities

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Mar 2015

Cunning carnivorous plants catch more prey by letting some go

Loren Bell 25 Feb 2015

Pollinator collapse could lead to a rise in malnutrition

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2015

How termites hold back the desert

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2015

Monarch butterfly population rises a little, but still perilously low

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2015

Two vanishing prairie butterflies added to the Endangered Species Act

Jeremy Hance 5 Jan 2015

Google Earth used to identify environmentally important termite mounds

Shayna Wilson 17 Dec 2014

To collect or not to collect? Experts debate the need for specimens

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Dec 2014

Pollinators puzzle to find flowers amidst natural and human fumes

Lisa Marie Potter 9 Dec 2014

Gone for good: world’s largest earwig declared extinct

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2014

Pesticides harm bumblebees’ ability to forage

Annam Raza 31 Oct 2014

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