A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island may be cryptic, or visually indistinguishable from related species, highlighting potential gaps in scientists’ understanding of ecosystem dynamics.
Scientists at the STRI Arthropod Lab collaborate with researchers at Cornell’s K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics to use sound to monitor insect populations on Barro Colorado Island.
An innovative and low-cost project to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly.
Yves Basset, who heads insect monitoring efforts for the Smithsonian ForestGEO program and Greg Lamarre, from the University of South Bohemia, present immediate, science-based actions that mitigate insect decline.
