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14 January 2025

RES Insect Identification Handbooks – expanding our reach

RES Insect Identification Handbooks – expanding our reach Expanded scope Fungus Gnats – RES Identification Handbook The RES Handbooks are an established, well-respected series of insect identification guides which have been published since 1949. We have recently partnered with CABI as our publisher, and we have some exciting plans for…

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10 January 2025

New Years Honours for RES Fellows

Professor Lin Field Hon.FRES Professor Rosemary Collier FRES The Royal Entomological Society is delighted that two outstanding entomologists have been named in the 2025 UK New Year Honours List. Professor Lin Field, Honorary Fellow and former President of the Royal Entomological Society, has been awarded a CBE. Lin is an…

News headline thumbnail for Special Issue: Advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry – Journal Highlight

8 January 2025

Special Issue: Advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry – Journal Highlight

Advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry Editors: Jordan Cuff, Allan Watt, Adam Vanbergen, Laurel Haavik & Christopher Ranger Agricultural and Forest Entomology Special Issue Published: February 2025. We are excited to announce a new Special Issue in Agricultural and Forest Entomology, highlighting advances in how we monitor insects in…

News headline thumbnail for What do entomologists think about insect welfare? – Journal Highlight

6 January 2025

What do entomologists think about insect welfare? – Journal Highlight

What do entomologists think about insect welfare? Read the paper As we gain a better understanding of insects’ cognitive capacities, there is increasing interest in insect welfare—that is, what’s good and bad for individual insects. In a study published in Ecological Entomology, researchers Meghan Barrett, Merritt Drewery and Bob Fischer…

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9 December 2024

RES Journal Awards 2021-2023

RES Journal Awards 2021-2023 We are delighted to announce the winners of the Royal Entomological Society Journals awards. These awards have been given to the best articles led by early career entomologists, published during 2021-2023. The winners were selected by the Editors-in-Chief of each journal using set criteria. Competition was…

News headline thumbnail for Can sown wildflowers compensate for cities’ lack of natural meadows? – Journal Highlight

20 November 2024

Can sown wildflowers compensate for cities’ lack of natural meadows? – Journal Highlight

Can sown wildflower meadows replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies, and hoverflies? First published: 20 November 2024 Figure A: Natural meadows In a study published in Ecological Entomology, researchers assessed whether a shortage of natural meadows in urban spaces for pollinating insects might be addressed by creating…

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18 November 2024

RES is delighted to partner with Paramo Clothing

The Royal Entomological Society is delighted to partner with Paramo Clothing. With an international community of over 2,500 insect scientists, many of whom work out in the field, leading ethical clothing partner Paramo will provide real value with exclusive discounts for the RES membership, and day-to-day protection from the elements.…

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25 October 2024

OA week 2024 – The importance of Society journals

What is Open Access? It’s Open Access Week! Open Access (OA), when applied to peer reviewed research, means that content is free to access by anyone, without the need to pay. Importantly, it also means that it is free to distribute and reuse under some form of creative commons licence.…

News headline thumbnail for Fossil sawfly discovery 16 million years in the making – Journal Highlight

18 October 2024

Fossil sawfly discovery 16 million years in the making – Journal Highlight

A new exceptionally preserved sawfly fossil (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) and an evaluation of its utility for divergence time estimation and biogeography, the find is the first of its kind in Australia, and sheds new light on the co-evolution of insects and toxic plants. First published: 17 October 2024 CSIRO research scientist…

News headline thumbnail for Insects from the bodies of illegally hunted rhinoceros may provide valuable forensic information – Journal Highlight

11 October 2024

Insects from the bodies of illegally hunted rhinoceros may provide valuable forensic information – Journal Highlight

Post-mortem interval determinations using insects collected from illegally hunted and dehorned rhinoceros in the Republic of South Africa from 2014 to 2021. PRESS RELEASE 10/09/2024 A total of 6684 rhinoceros were poached in South Africa during 2014 to 2021.Insect evidence collected from 19 poached rhinoceros was analysed by the Forensic…

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