Earlier this year, a research article triggered a media frenzy by predicting that as a result of an ongoing rapid decline, nearly half of the world’s insects will be no more pretty soon Pensoft Publishers Amidst worldwide publicity and talks about ‘Insectageddon’: the extinction of 40% of the world’s insects, as estimated in a recent…
Alien species are primary cause of recent global extinctions Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, according to a new study by UCL researchers. University College London Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, according to a new study by UCL…
Guest essay by Kip Hansen The marvelous Monarch Butterfly is an icon of biological mystery. When I was born, circa 1950, monarchs were known to fly north into southern Texas every spring by the millions. In the Fall, tourists would go to Cape May, New Jersey, timing their visits to watch the beauty and…
From Nature Researchers are trying to shift Mexico’s oyamel firs to higher elevations to help them weather warming temperatures. Monarch butterflies alight on a tree in their wintering grounds in Mexico.Credit: JHVEPhoto/Alamy To save dwindling populations of Eastern monarch butterflies, researchers in Mexico are trying something controversial: moving hundreds of fir trees 400 metres up…
From National Geographic A new study finds that monarch wings are getting larger, possibly because climate change has forced the butterflies to travel longer distances as breeding grounds shift farther north. It’s not too late to save them, but it’s a question of whether we make the effort, scientists say. 6 Minute Read By Carrie…
Guest Post by Bob Vislocky From the department of “use garbage temperature data to show causation by correlation” comes this recent Washington Post article which cites a report of a 60-fold decrease in the number of insects in Puerto Rico’s El Yunque rainforest … all because of climate change! Of course, this is “more widespread…
Ridiculous report claims humans have killed more than half the world’s wildlife in past 48 years Greg Walcher A recent World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report claims humans have killed more than half of all the wildlife in the world since 1970. Alex HortonEmail Bio Follow The report attracted media mass attention, even though the actual…