You’ve probably seen a hoverfly. It’s a small, bee-like insect that hovers over your flowers in summer. Though they look like ...

"Antarctica still has much lower plastic levels than most of the planet, and that’s good news," he said. "Our study suggests that, right now, microplastics are not flooding thes ...

A beetle that lays eggs inside the bark of trees has killed six baobab trees in Oman for the first time. Urgent measures are ...

Scientists have found microplastics inside Antarctica's only native insect, the Belgica antarctica. Discover what this means ...

An international team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Kentucky has discovered that Antarctica's only native insect is already consuming microplastics, despite living in one of ...

When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and ...

An international team led by researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and ...

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica ...

Among these, Myrmarachne is the most common, with almost all 300 species exhibiting this behaviour. These spiders move in ...

Pharmaceuticals that people globally rely on for daily health — including antibiotics, antidepressants and painkillers — are entering ecosystems via wastewater, posing poorly understood risks. Once ...

The animal kingdom can be even stranger than fiction. Case in point: a larva that looks more like it was made-for-TV than anything you might stumble upon in real life. Instagram account ...