Plants must mix gametes from different individuals to reproduce sexually, like animals, but unlike animals, plants cannot move to find mates. Many have come to rely on animals to spread pollen for the...

Insects are increasingly pressured by climate change. Here the authors compile global evidence of range shifts in butterflies and call for more co-ordinated efforts in documenting such trends across c...

Dicen que lo que no se nombra no existe y, de ser así, Heriberto tenía un poder casi sobrenatural, porque la biodiversidad canaria está llena de seres vivos que hoy conocemos (y nombramos) gracias a s...

The following text was written by Carlos Ruiz Carreira (University of La Laguna). The Güímar Valley is an arid valley nested on the southern slopes of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain). The regi...

79% of endemic species show signs of decline, highlighting the vulnerability of island biodiversity to ecosystem changes.

DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking

A medida que se multiplican las colmenas gestionadas de abejas melíferas, desaparecen las abejas silvestres y las mariposas. Dado que las abejas melíferas no están en peligro de extinción, ¿es la apic...

The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget.

Robust species richness estimates are critical for meaningful conservation prioritization, understanding ecosystem resilience, and studying evolutionary processes1-4. Yet, they remain elusive even for...

New Curtin University research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian native bees’ ‘fitness’ by reducing their reproductive success and a...

VI Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics in Tenerife, Spain, October 26-30, 2025. Explore latest advances in systematics and evolutionary biology.

Abstract. Scientific and public interest in the global status of insects has surged recently; however, understanding the relative importance of different s

🐝 🦋 🪰 🧬 Hosting Opportunity for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 - Pollinators Conservation + Omics approaches in Universidad de Murcia, Spain. If you hold a PhD (max 8 years’ experience) and meet M...

Unusual experiment suggests managed bees can outcompete wild bees and contribute to their decline

Both honeybees and wild bees contribute to apple pollination and production, but wild bees evidenced much higher pollination efficiency than honeybees. Importantly, introducing high density of honeyb...

Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...

Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...

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