Nov 21, 2025 · Here’s how it works. Insect populations are plummeting almost everywhere they've been studied. That portends a bleak future for the world's food supplies. But there are ways to reverse the...

Apr 27, 2025 · A new paper highlights over 500 interconnected factors contributing to the global decline of insect populations. Insects are vanishing at a concerning pace across the globe, and scientists are …

Jun 26, 2025 · What was once an inevitable part of the season, the constant hum and flutter of insect life, has quietly faded to an eerie silence in recent years. Scientists have also been noticing and …

Sep 6, 2025 · Pollinators like bumblebees are declining at alarming rates, threatening global food security and ecosystem stability. By 2050, scientists predict that up to 40% of insect species could …

Dec 6, 2022 · And Wagner’s beloved fireflies – like so many insects worldwide – have largely vanished in what scientists are calling the global Insect Apocalypse. As human activities rapidly transform the...

Dec 27, 2019 · Although the evidence certainly shows that insects are declining in abundance, diversity, and biomass, studies also demonstrate that if we protect, restore, and enhance habitat and eliminate …

Aug 10, 2020 · Recent reports of dramatic declines in insect populations have sparked concern about an ‘insect apocalypse.’. But a new analysis of data from sites across North America suggests the case...

Scientists are sounding the alarm, warning of plummeting insect populations and apocalyptic outcomes. Where once insects fluttered under street lights and chirped in forest meadows, there is now a …

As of 2021, nearly all of the studies on regional insect population trends come from Europe and the United States, even though they account for less than 20% of insect species worldwide. In Africa, …

Nov 24, 2025 · Limiting pesticide use, planting hedgerows, and creating “bee lawns” help insect communities recover even in heavily developed regions. The crisis is enormous, but the solutions are …