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Can we save the bees? Absolutely. Let’s start with the native species (commentary)

Krystle Hickman 7 Oct 2021

Enhancing biodiversity through the belly: Agroecology comes alive in Chile

Constanza Monterrubio Solís 30 Aug 2021
Fireflies illuminate the forest. Image by Roberto Marchegiani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Loss of mangroves dims the light on firefly populations in Malaysia

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 15 Aug 2021

Swarm technology: Researchers experiment with drones to battle crop pests

Ashley Stumvoll 13 Aug 2021

Naming of new ant species from Ecuador breaks with binary gender conventions

Jansen Baier 5 Jul 2021

Monks and wildlife come under pressure from Malaysian cement company

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 30 Jun 2021

A startup deploys black soldier flies in the Philippines’ war on waste

Bong S. Sarmiento 25 Jun 2021
Locust swarm at Samburu, Kenya. Image by Sven Torfinn/FAO.

East Africa deploys huge volumes of ‘highly hazardous’ pesticides against locust plague

Leopold Salzenstein 1 Apr 2021
Fireflies synchronize their flashing to find a mate. Image by Fred Huang via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

New assessment shines a light on the state of North America’s fireflies

Liz Kimbrough 26 Mar 2021

When a tree falls in the forest, it’s the birds that don’t make a sound, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Mar 2021

Developing nations pay for rich countries’ hunger for healthy, exotic food

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Mar 2021
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Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jan 2021
: Scarab beetles on little white flowers in the canopy. Image by Susan Kirmse (CC BY-ND).

Canopy beetles and flowering trees rely on each other in the Amazon, study

Liz Kimbrough 6 Jan 2021
Coral reef in at Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo by Beth Watson / Ocean Image Bank.

Top positive environmental stories from 2020

Liz Kimbrough 30 Dec 2020

Top 15 species discoveries from 2020 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 28 Dec 2020

No endangered listing for monarch butterflies as western count hits alarming low

Liz Kimbrough 16 Dec 2020
Pit Viper in striking mode. The 'mountain fer-de-lance' is a new species of pit viper that was discovered on the Zongo RAP survey. It has since been described as Bothrops monsignifer. Bothrops is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Central and South America. The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning "pit", and ώπς, ops, meaning "eye" or "face", together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.

[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia

Liz Kimbrough 14 Dec 2020
Juvenile sakondry on a branch. Their dusty coating is washed off before they’re cooked. Image by Brian Fisher.

Bug bites: Edible insect production ramps up quickly in Madagascar

Emilie Filou 19 Nov 2020

Graphic novel version of classic science memoir aims for new audiences

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2020

One year on: Insects still in peril as world struggles with global pandemic

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2020

A Philippine stingless bee helps boost coconut yields and empower women

Mavic Conde 29 Sep 2020
A Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) spends time in the moist Amazon understory foraging. Photo by Philip Stouffer.

As the Amazon burns, what happens to its biodiversity?

Liz Kimbrough 24 Sep 2020

Philippine crickets, held nameless in a Hawaii museum, are finally identified

Mavic Conde 24 Aug 2020

Agrochemicals and industrial waste threaten Argentina’s Gran Chaco

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 19 Aug 2020

Bubbles, lasers and robo-bees: The blossoming industry of artificial pollination

Liz Kimbrough 24 Jul 2020

This Philippine butterfly had a mistaken identity for years, until its ‘rediscovery’

Keith Anthony Fabro 28 Jun 2020

In Sri Lanka, crop-destroying insects follow the COVID-19 pandemic

Malaka Rodrigo 17 Jun 2020

Sex organs reveal new jumping spider species in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2020

Less than a thousand remain: New list of animals on the brink of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2020
Mature desert locust. Image by Obi Anyadike/The New Humanitarian

Changing climate creates ideal conditions for devastating locust swarms

Gilbert Nakweya 4 Jun 2020

Brazil’s native bees are vital for agriculture, but are being killed by it

Sibélia Zanon 1 Jun 2020

Historic agreement gives monarch butterflies the ‘right-of-way’

Liz Kimbrough 20 May 2020

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