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Fungi underpin life on Earth, but are far less well catalogued and understood than animals and plants. Three scientists call for including fungi in conservation strategies and environmental laws.

More carbon dioxide in the air doesn’t necessarily mean more growth for trees, and the increasing risk of wildfires and drought has major consequences, as an interactive map shows.

Bees offer insights into many scientific questions, from cooperating in close quarters to strategies for finding food.

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

Cockroaches have been on Earth far longer than humans and may outlast us. Here are a few reasons why.

Insects such as ants and beetles use ingenious processes in their brains to work out how far they’ve travelled and in what direction - we’ve now discovered how they remember their way home.

Could this study provide an insight into how to avoid being bitten simply by adjusting the colours we wear? Let’s take a look.

Studies suggest that seeds coated with neonicotinoid insecticides may harm nontarget insects, mammals and birds. In response, states are starting to restrict use of these products.

Climate change is throwing plants and pollinators out of sync.