insects

The biggest problem with eating insects isn’t the “ew” factor - Vox Can insects become a big part of humanity’s diet? Should they? When I was in college, a girl who lived in my dorm was an evangelist for an unlikely cause: the potential of insects as food. She was really, really passionate...

Nature crisis: 'Insect apocalypse' more complicated than thought Previous research indicated an alarming decline in numbers in all parts of world, with losses of up to 25% per decade. This new study, the largest carried out to date, says the picture is more complex and varied. Land-dwelling...

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' - The Guardian The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific review. More than 40% of insect species are declining and...

Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ - The Guardian Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished “We knew that something was amiss in the first couple days,” said Brad Lister. “We were driving into...