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The increasing prevalence of white LED streetlamps spells worrying population declines for insects like moths.

Honeybees are responsible for only a third of crop pollination in Britain.

Forensic scientists would conduct the film’s infamous moth cocoon scene rather differently today.

Oropouche virus is transmitted to humans through mosquitoes and midges.

Animals have an easy life. They can run, hide, or bite back when predators are on the prowl. Plants cannot. Instead they have evolved to deploy a range of defence mechanisms including chemical warfare…

Parasites do creatively gruesome things to their host.

Studying the way insects hear and make their own sounds is inspiring new hearing technology.

Did you know that the sky isn’t actually blue? Perhaps in school you learned about how air scatters light, filtering out red light from the sun, but that is only half the story. While our eyes perceive…

Pollinators support our nutritional health and are critical for crops of fruit, vegetables and beans.

How intelligent are animals? Despite centuries of effort by philosophers, psychologists and biologists, the question remains unanswered. We are inclined to tackle this question using a top-down approach…