Invertebrates, including insects, are poorly represented on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List. The Red List, the world's most comprehensive information source on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charismatic species generally receive conservation status, whereas less charismatic species, such as spiders and insects, do not.

Discover the pink winged stick insect, Madagascar’s master of camouflage, its behavior, and endangered status.

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that those counts may be drastically underestimated ...

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, ...

Current UK conservation policies fail to protect important insect species such as bees which "are vital for our everyday lives and future existence," according to new research from the University of ...

Rugged, hilly landscapes with a range of different habitat types can help maintain more stable butterfly populations and thus aid their conservation, according to new findings published today (8 ...

Our Earth is home to an estimated 5.5 million species of insects, with only one fifth of these named. Considered as the most diverse animals, these creatures account for about 80% of them. Sometimes ...

As winter phases into spring across the U.S., gardeners are laying in supplies and making plans. Meanwhile, as the weather warms, common garden insects such as bees, beetles and butterflies will ...

With just 1.2% of the world’s one million described insect species assessed for extinction risk, biodiversity assessment and conservation measures remain severely constrained. Sufficiently extensive ...

Spiders and insects are often considered pests. Some people would rather see the creepy-crawly creatures dead than buzzing around their heads or creating webs in the corners of their property. In part ...