New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa industry and, to a lesser extent, by the international trade in dried ...

Cocoa farming in West Africa is endangering Goliath beetles, which are crucial to their ecosystem. Deforestation for cocoa ...

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...

We see insects as the destroyers of crops and ruin-ers of picnics rather than a food source, while many cultures — primarily in Africa, Asia and South America — rely on creepy-crawlies as ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that the air potato (Dioscoreria bulbifera) is an invasive, ...

by the international trade in dried insects. Luca Luiselli, a professor of biostatistics and ecology at the University of Lomé (Togo), has researched threatened species in African forests for 30 ...

by the international trade in dried insects. Luca Luiselli, a professor of biostatistics and ecology at the University of Lomé (Togo), has researched threatened species in African forests for 30 ...

by the international trade in dried insects. Luca Luiselli, a professor of biostatistics and ecology at the University of Lomé (Togo), has researched threatened species in African forests for 30 ...

I was studying reptiles under threat in west Africa’s forests with a team of ... been captured and sold on the international dried insect market. (We estimate this based on the calculations ...