Friday, 29 March , 2024

Insects

Biodiversité : lutter d’urgence contre la disparition des insectes

C’est peu de dire que la réponse politique à ce phénomène n’est à la hauteur nulle part dans l’Union européenne. Et la France ne...

Updated Extinction Assessment Drives Fresh Call to ‘Save Life on Earth’

"Every new look at extinction shows that we're running out of time to save wildlife and ultimately ourselves." By Andrea Germanos December 9, 2021 The Biden administration...

‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn

Report claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides By Damian Carrington 13 Nov 2019 The “unnoticed insect apocalypse” should set alarm bells ringing,...

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

By Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, Kris A.G.Wyckhuys Jan.20, 2019 Abstract Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Here, we present a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect...

Congress investigating possible secret ‘bioweaponization’ of insects by the Pentagon

16 Jul, 2019 The US Congress has backed an amendment to the 2020 US Defense budget which could force an investigation into allegations that the...

Yellow Vests and Ecologists converge against Bayer-Monsanto

Mar. 14, 2019 Activists dressed as bees vandalised Bayer’s Paris headquarters on Thursday, during a protest against the corporation’s environmental impact and use of pesticides. The...

Hidden Danger of Ecological Collapse

by Robert Hunziker A recent landmark study that investigated alarming loss of insects is leaving scientists dumbfounded, deeply troubled, potentially the biggest-ever existential threat, risking...