Most legal systems treat insects as property, pests, or simply ignore them. Late last year, two municipalities in the ...
A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, founder of Amazon Research Internacional, and Constanza ...
The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this forest consists of insects. These small creatures pollinate plants, recycle ...
A new study has found that 60% of the Amazon remains hidden. It suggests the region has unknown tribes and species we are yet ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants ...
The researchers uncovered hundreds of fragments of amber, some containing ancient insects, pollen and tree leaves, at a sandstone quarry in Ecuador that’s on the edge of what is today the Amazon basin ...