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This page showcases examples of excellent research published in our journals

Here at the Royal Entomological Society, we publish seven high-quality scientific journals covering a wide range of study areas across entomology.

By choosing to publish, read and review papers in our journals, you are helping the Society invest in meaningful entomology that supports the understanding, development and future of insect science.

Journal Highlights
Alexandre Loureiro and Alex Smith walking up Volcan Cacao in Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica while collecting diverse staphylinid beetles across an elevation gradient.  

Do beetle families show a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation? 

Ecological Entomology

Paper first published: 16 April 2025

Fly (Muscidae) resting on a leaf, photo by Sarah-Fiona Helme

Climate change and adverse weather’s effects on flies and cockroaches may increase risks of pest-borne diseases

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Paper first published: 07 March 2025

A carabid beetle walking through some decaying wood. Photograph by Jordan Cuff.

Advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry 

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Special Issue published: February 2025

A European hornet, Vespa crabro, found resting from the rain in late October. Photo by Pete Burford. This photo was Specially Commended in the RES annual photography competition

Looking to the future of Key questions in Physiological Entomology 

Physiological Entomology

Paper first published: 22 January 2025

Black Soldier Fly Head (Hermetia illucens) Photo by Thomas Shahan

Entomologists’ knowledge of, and attitudes towards, insect welfare in research and education

Ecological Entomology

Paper first published: 19 December 2024

Can sown wildflower meadows replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies, and hoverflies?

Ecological Entomology

Paper first published: 20 November 2024

The fossil is believed to be between 11 and 16 million years old, from the Miocene Period. © Michael Frese, University of Canberra

A team of Australian researchers has described a new species of now-extinct sawfly from an extremely well-preserved fossil found in central NSW

Systematic Entomology

Paper first published: 17 October 2024

Photo of a rhinoceros

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

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Paper first published: 09 October 2024

Foraging honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a flower. Photo: Jeff Wilson, Research School of Biology archive.

Special Issue highlighting the role of insect epigenetics in changing environments

Insect Molecular Biology

Special Issue Published: October 2024

Large Blue butterfly, Gloucestershire 2024 - photo by David Simcox

Rapid selection for increased dispersal rates by the endangered butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) arion across restored landscapes

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Paper first published:  24 September 2024

Bumblebee by Raymond J Cannon

Bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Paper first published: 22 March 2024

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