Insect declines
A review on insect declines from Biological Conservation. This is behind a paywall, but everyone should have access to it. Here’s the PDF
The most mysterious beetle
Described in 1996 from a single specimen found in the window of a forest cabin on the western slopes of Sikhote-Alin mountain in the Russian Far East, Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae is a real blast from the past. Tthe only other representatives of this family (Jurodidae) of beetles are Jurassic fossils. The …
Drugs from bugs: the next blockbuster medicine could be lurking inside an insect
For thousands of years humans turned to nature to cure and soothe their ills. Pharmaceutical science built on these ancient foundations and …