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11 October 2024

RES Statement on the Ethical Treatment of Insects

The Royal Entomological Society is committed to supporting and maintaining the highest ethical standards in research. When animals that may be sentient (i.e., capable of experiencing valenced states, especially negatively valenced states like pain) are involved in research, these standards include considering their welfare (Beauchamp and DeGrazia, 2020). However, there…

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9 October 2024

Cultivating Curiosity: RES Insect Garden’s New Home and Exciting Future

Over the summer of 2024, the RES trustees and staff team were delighted to plan, deliver and announce the opening of the award-winning RES Insect Garden (Chelsea Flower Show 2023) in its new location at Stratford Cross, East London. This marks an exciting new chapter for this impactful and long-term…

News headline thumbnail for RES launches three new awards to recognise the application and teaching of insect science

4 October 2024

RES launches three new awards to recognise the application and teaching of insect science

Our awards and grants have recently undergone an extensive review to increase RES support for insect science and recognition in the sector. Our grants, awards and bursaries programme exist to support and recognise activities which further the Society’s aims to empower the entomological community and improve and communicate insect science. Over £75,000…

News headline thumbnail for Insect Conservation team publish new data on endangered Large blue butterfly – Journal Highlight

30 September 2024

Insect Conservation team publish new data on endangered Large blue butterfly – Journal Highlight

Rapid selection for increased dispersal rates by the endangered butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) arion across restored landscapes David J. Simcox, Sarah A. Meredith, Jeremy A. Thomas First Published: 24 September 2024 Read the full paper Between 22-29 April 2025, we teamed up with the Big Give to help secure a future for the Large blue butterfly…

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27 September 2024

RES wins Best Event in 2024 MemCom Excellence Awards

The Royal Entomological Society just won Best Event at the 2024 Memcom Excellence Awards for all the work that went into the Chelsea Flower Show in 2023. The Memcom Awards help organisations shine a light on the creativity and hard work which goes into driving up standards in the membership…

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18 September 2024

Congratulations to our newly elected Trustees

As we close the doors on Ento24, the Royal Entomological Society want to express a heartfelt thank you to University of Liverpool, all our RES staff and helpers, and to everyone who attended our event. We hope you’re feeling inspired after three days of talks, workshops & activities. We hope…

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9 September 2024

RES publishes the 2023-2024 impact report

RES publishes its first ever impact report The Royal Entomological Society (RES) is in an exciting phase, empowered by our 2022-2025strategy, which sets out our aims to broaden the appeal of entomology and to “enrich the worldwith insect science.” Throughout 2023 and 2024 we continued to improve the communication and…

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5 September 2024

RES Insects: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Insects

PRESS RELEASE 5 September 2024 – RES Insects: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Insects RES Insects: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Insects Written by you, our RES members, RES Insect is a comprehensive exploration of the world of insects. Perfect for experts…

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30 August 2024

The role of epigenetics in insects in changing environments – Journal Highlight

Featured image: Foraging honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a flower. Photo (c) Jeff Wilson, Research School of Biology archive We are excited to announce a new Special Issue published in Insect Molecular Biology, highlighting the role of insect epigenetics in changing environments. Insect Molecular Biology Special Issue Published: October 2024. Special…

20 August 2024

Announcing our new data archiving policy and partnership with Dryad

New data archiving policy for the Royal Entomological Society and partnership with Dryad. In recent years all Royal Entomological Society (RES) journals have included a Data Availability Statement as standard. This statement is intended to improve reproducibility and robustness of published articles. Making data openly available allows results to be…

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