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entomology

Goggas by the quadrillion — how bug scientists estimate how many insect species Earth has

Sci-Tech

Goggas by the quadrillion — how bug scientists estimate how many insect species Earth has

By Nicholas Green

Butterfly effect — the unlikely, heroic story of how Edith is surviving a world trashed by humans

Sci-Tech

Butterfly effect — the unlikely, heroic story of how Edith is surviving a world trashed by humans

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Insects are marching towards extinction — and why we should be mightily bugged

South Africa

Insects are marching towards extinction — and why we should be mightily bugged

By Onke Ngcuka

Boring to death: Meet the rampant beetle posing a huge threat to historic Cape trees

South Africa

Boring to death: Meet the rampant beetle posing a huge threat to historic Cape trees

By Rebecca Pitt

Curious Kids: Do flies really throw up on your food when they land on it?

Magazine

Curious Kids: Do flies really throw up on your food when they land on it?

By Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi and Jamie Theobald

Bugs and climate change: What a warmer, wetter world means for insects and the crops they eat

Africa

Bugs and climate change: What a warmer, wetter world means for insects and the crops they eat

By Esther Ndumi Ngumbi