Tag - Insect

Rare Insect Makes Remarkable Comeback from Near-Extinction

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) (Zoos Victoria)Just 20 to 30 'tree lobsters' are left in their natural habitat, and this vulnerable group was found again in 2001, 80 years after being thought extinct.The wild Lord Howe Island stick insects (Dryococelus australis) currently cling to survival on Ball's Pyramid, a nearly vertical volcanic outcrop.San...

Insect Communities May Face Significant Disruption and Disorder Due to Climate Change

Credit: Unsplash.What occurs when climate change is introduced into the equation is the potential for the emergence of new species worldwide, as various organism groups become distinct and follow separate evolutionary paths.In the publication "Contrasting effects of warming in diverging insects," which was recently released in Ecology Letters, Thomas H.Q. Powell, an assistant lecturer...