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News headline thumbnail for Effects of Pesticides on managed bees across European agro-ecosystems – Journal Highlight
18 May 2026

Effects of Pesticides on managed bees across European agro-ecosystems – Journal Highlight

First published: 02 May 2026. Bees play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystems and supporting food production by pollinating many wild plants and crops. However, bee populations are declining worldwide, raising concerns about the future stability of both natural environments and agriculture. A recent study in Ecological Entomology “Nutritional composition…

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11 May 2026

Giant Leafcutter Ant Finds New Home at Bug Parc Norfolk

The Royal Entomological Society bids a fond farewell to its much-loved giant leafcutter ant model as it begins an exciting new chapter at The Bug Parc, Norfolk. Looking for something fun and educational to do with the children as we approach the summer holidays? If you live nearby or are…

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8 May 2026

RES Celebrates the 100th Birthday of Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough

The Royal Entomological Society is proud to celebrate the 100th birthday of Honorary Fellow, Sir David Attenborough, one of the most influential and respected voices in natural history. For decades, Sir David has transformed public understanding of the natural world through pioneering broadcasting and storytelling that has brought biodiversity, ecology…

News headline thumbnail for A Risky Diet: How Predators and Milkweed Traits Interact to Shape Monarch Butterflies – Journal Highlight
5 May 2026

A Risky Diet: How Predators and Milkweed Traits Interact to Shape Monarch Butterflies – Journal Highlight

First published: 24 April 2026. Insects rarely experience predation as a simple matter of being eaten or escaping. Predation risk can generate non-lethal effects that alter larval development, yet how these effects interact with host-plant traits under field conditions remains poorly understood. In a recent study on monarch butterflies (Danaus…

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29 April 2026

Thank You for Supporting Big Give Earth Raise 2026

Huge thank you to everyone for your support during the Big Give Earth Raise Campaign We are incredibly grateful to everyone who supported the Royal Entomological Society’s Big Give Earth Raise 2026 campaign. Thanks to your generosity and the power of match funding, we have secured an amazing £10,400 in…

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8 April 2026

Big Give Earth Raise for Insect Week 2026

This month we are launching our Big Give Earth Raise 2026 campaign to grow Insect Week 2026, our flagship public engagement event to inspire people of all ages to learn more about insects and their roles in our lives. For one week, starting on World Earth Day on 22 April 2026,…

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1 April 2026

RES journal Physiological Entomology supports Morphology Meeting 2026

The 7th Morphology Meeting took place between the 25th and the 28th of February 2026 at the Institute for Zoology and Evolutionary Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The Morphology Meeting is an annual event organized by alternating hosts, in collaboration with the Morphology Section of the German Zoological Society. One…

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31 March 2026

Policy and Public Affairs News – Q1 2026

Hi, I’m Tom Leeman, Policy & Public Affairs Manager at the Royal Entomological Society, and this is an overview of the first quarter of Policy and Public Affairs news of 2026, providing an update on recent activity and upcoming work across our engagement in Westminster and beyond. Read more about…

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31 March 2026

Meet the Editor: Emmanuel Toussaint

Emmanuel became an Editor-in-Chief of Systematic Entomology in 2025 and works at the Geneva Natural History Museum in Switzerland. Genomics and museomics inform his research, which aims to understand the evolution of insects through space and time. Tell us a bit about the person behind the title Editor-in-Chief. I was…

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23 March 2026

Insects recognised as a key UK food innovation 

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recently identified insects as a Tier 1 technology in its Top Emerging UK Food Innovations (2025–2035) guidance. This classification highlights technologies expected to deliver real impact and growth within the next five years, placing edible insects alongside areas such as precision fermentation and cultivated meat.  This recognition reflects the…