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Insects are under threat partly because of man-made climate change, heatwaves and intensive farming.

Insect numbers and species decline steeply where agriculture and habitat loss coincide. Preserving natural habitat can reduce losses up to nine-fold

Eating insects can carry a much lower environmental footprint than conventional meat. Should western cultures be incorporating more of them into their diets?

The UK and EU moved in lockstep over edible insect regulation until Brexit, but that has changed in recent years.

New research from China shows how the loss of insects is destabilising food webs.

Insects are a healthy and sustainable source of protein. It’s time foodies appreciated them too.

Researchers have been estimating the vast numbers of insects, including many pollinators, migrating at one location in the Pyrenees. But climate change and habitat loss could affect their abundance.

The largest study of insect declines to date gives us the best indication of how species all over the world are faring.

If bug-based foods are so good for the planet, why isn’t everyone eating them?

In one of the largest studies of its kind we looked at the evidence from over 300 published reports.