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Monitoring insect populations is an important part of understanding natural ecosystems, especially when those populations appear to be declining through pesticide use or climate change. One basic ...

A fossilized insect wing discovered in an abandoned mine in Labrador has led palaeontologists to identify a new hairy cicada species that lived around 100 million years ago. A fossilised insect wing ...