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Spiders liquefy their prey in order to consume it, and this makes it challenging to determine what spiders eat. A new approach that uses DNA barcoding is helping researchers figure out spider diets.
Even in death, a tree helps others live.
These members of the mollusk family may be slow, small and slimy, but they are an indispensable part of the ecosystem.
Think your social life is complicated? Consider the wasp.
This new study could help researchers understand conditions such as autism and help fight climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of AI.
To limit our impact on the planet, one solution could be to replace meat with insects. Children could set an example.
Researchers explore what happens when ants can’t properly use smell to detect friend from foe.
Bees and other pollinators are key to food production, but they’re hard to keep an eye on. Now, AI software is helping track these essential farm workers.
New research from China shows how the loss of insects is destabilising food webs.
Tinkering around the margins of English farms won’t benefit biodiversity, research suggests.
From insects to birds to bats to frogs, these little loudmouths have found ingenious ways to deliver their messages at high volume.
Despite their sharp-looking pincers, earwigs have a reputation for being tender parents.
Huge swathes of Africa remain unstudied and their species undocumented.
Many gardeners worry these large larvae might damage plants. But before you squish them, read this.
There would be no life on Earth without invertebrates, but they are understudied and underappreciated. The Bug of the Year competition aims to change that, so have your say and vote!
Scientists use biologging devices to track animal behaviour – here are four times where it has improved our understanding of nature.
Wet weather is great for some species of bugs. But Christmas beetle swarms look to be a thing of the past
In one of the largest studies of its kind we looked at the evidence from over 300 published reports.
Woodlice are everywhere but people don’t like them much. Here’s why they should be more popular.
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Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Professor of Behavioural Ecology, UCL
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Adjunct associate, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
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PhD Candidate in Zoology, University of Otago
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Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University