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5 January 2026

Medical and Veterinary Entomology Prizes at SOVE 2025

The 9th Society for Vector Ecology International Congress was held in Chania, Crete in 2025 and RES journal, Medical and Veterinary Entomology (MVE) sponsored two prizes in the Early Career Researcher competition. Editor-in-Chief of MVE, Dr Marion England, attended on behalf of the journal and stood as a judge in…

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22 December 2025

Membership Price Update 2026 – Continuing to Support Global Insect Science

Dear all our valued Members and Fellows, Thank you for being part of the Royal Entomological Society community. Your support this year has helped us make incredible strides in promoting insect science, funding important research, expanding outreach to young people, and strengthening collaboration across the global entomological community. As we…

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10 December 2025

The Practical Biologist

RES contributes to new Practical Biologist booklet for secondary schools. Darwin Biological is proud to announce the release of The Practical Biologist, a brand-new educational booklet designed specifically for UK secondary schools. Developed in collaboration with world-renowned expert partner organisations, this resource aims to inspire the next generation with hands-on,…

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5 December 2025

Meet the Editor: Rob Wilson

Robert J. Wilson began editing RES journal Ecological Entomology in 2022 and is particularly interested in how environmental change impacts biodiversity. Read on to discover more about Rob and his lovely journey into entomology. Rob Wilson – In the Alps (Photo credit: Paul Ryder) Tell us a bit about the…

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20 November 2025

Social media highlights the overlooked impact of cats on arthropods – Journal Highlight

First published: 19 November 2025. An exciting and unusual article published in RES journal Insect Conservation and Diversity explores how social media can help provide data for cat predation on arthropods: “Social media highlights the overlooked impact of cats on arthropods”. Social media has become an increasingly important part of daily…

4 November 2025

RES Welcomes New Gold Level Organisational Member: UKCEH

The Royal Entomological Society (RES) is delighted to welcome the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) as a Gold Level Organisational Member. This partnership marks a significant step in strengthening the Society’s mission to advance insect science, education, and conservation through collaboration and shared expertise. The Gold Level Organisational…

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1 November 2025

Can we consider cognitive abilities in insects? – Journal Highlight

First published: 28 October 2025. A recent review article in Physiological Entomology posits that brain structures associated with associative learning in beetles are very flexible, due to diverse adaptive pressures and lifestyles. In recent years, the ability of associative learning and related brain structures has become one of the most attractive…

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27 October 2025

RES Strengthens International Collaboration in Insect Conservation

The Royal Entomological Society Conservation Team is currently in Denmark, continuing vital work to understand insect populations and biodiversity in these areas. This week has seen the team retrieve and download temperature data loggers from three key monitoring sites – part of ongoing research to assess habitat conditions and long-term…

26 October 2025

RES Welcomes New Gold Level Organisational Member: BASF

The Royal Entomological Society (RES) is delighted to welcome BASF as a Gold Level Organisational Member. This partnership marks a significant step in strengthening the Society’s mission to advance insect science, education, and conservation through collaboration and shared expertise. Gold membership offers organisational partners access to a wide suite of…

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25 October 2025

Do salt marsh mosquitoes migrate? – Journal Highlight

First published: 23 October 2025. An Editorial published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, “The migratory behaviour of salt marsh mosquitoes: Revisiting the evidence” asks whether long-distance movements by salt marsh mosquitoes should be considered migratory. And if so, what is the nature of this migration and why does it matter? Many…

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