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Rainforest biodiversity at risk from global warming

Scientists discover 120 million year-old ant in the Amazon rainforest

Pollination worth $216 billion/yr for food production

For Australian beetles bigger is better; while American beetles don’t care about size

Researchers discover “artistic” moth in Panama

The end of migrations: wildlife’s greatest spectacle is critically endangered

Leaf-cutter ants test theories about the Amazon’s biodiversity

Implementing a butterfly farm: Iwokrama reserve’s latest sustainable initiative

Pine beetles attack Canada, boosting GHG emissions

Colorful insects help search for anti-cancer drugs

Dung beetles persist in long-term forest fragments but may suffer from hunting of large animals

Insect diversity in the tropics greater than previously believed

Bats protect crops from insects

Bats eat as many insects as birds

Monarch butterfly migration threatened by illegal logging in Mexico

Ants first farmed well before humans

DEET repellent works by blocking human odor from mosquitoes

Photos: Caterpillar transforms from mimicking bird droppings to a leaf

Global warming to increase insect attacks on plants

To reproduce, parasite transforms ant into juicy red berry

Disappearance of elephants, giraffes causes ecological chain reaction

Butterfly tricks ants into caring for its young

Beetle droppings help forests recover from fire

Termites may produce cleaner biofuels

Billions of disappearing bees linked to virus

Stopping malaria using smell

Orchids may have co-existed with dinosaurs

Flies prefer Coke

European blood-sucker falls victim to global warming

Vampire bats invade Finland thanks to global warming

conservation biology needs to be accessible to the masses

Army ants form living pothole plugs to speed up delivery

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