Climate change and intensive agriculture have already almost halved the numbers of insects in the most impacted parts of the world, a new study has suggested. Researchers say their findings highlight ...

Insect populations are taking a hit around the globe, and climate change and Big Ag may be to blame. According to a study conducted by University College London (UCL), the combination of rising ...

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an impact, ...

Now, the insect agriculture industry has set its sights on domesticating some other insects as a source of sustainably farmed protein for other animals or people. Insects such as the black soldier fly ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 18, 2019) As the New York Times wrote in November 2018, “The Insect Apocalypse is Here.” But can we reverse it? Pollinator Week this year is overshadowed by a greater, ...

"We’re farmers. Please treat us as such." The 2018 U.S. federal budget was about $4 trillion. With a number that large, there are almost certainly a few places where legislators could trim some fat.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Climate change and habitat loss from big ...

Traditional insecticides are killers: they not only kill pests, they also endanger bees and other beneficial insects, as well as affecting biodiversity in soils, lakes, rivers and seas. A team has now ...

In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native ...

Aerial insectivores -- birds that hunt for insect prey on the wing -- are declining across North America as agricultural intensification leads to diminishing insect abundance and diversity in many ...

A pesky and destructive bug has made its way to Iowa. Its discovery doesn’t mean immediate devastation of Iowa’s fruit and woody trees, but it does raise alarms if it were to spread. The potential of ...