RES CEO Simon Ward and BASF Sustainability Manager Alice Johnston – BASF Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability partnership
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20 June 2025

RES partnership with The Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability

The Royal Entomological Society announces partnership with The Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability to promote insect science among UK farming community The Royal Entomological Society (RES) is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability, organised by leading agricultural solutions company BASF. This partnership is launched…

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18 June 2025

Trustee Elections 2025

Want to shape the future of the Royal Entomological Society?We have an exciting opportunity for trustees to join the RES team from September 2025. We are looking for candidates ready to actively contribute to the governance and strategic direction of the Society in key areas, including fundraising, marketing, finance, publishing, education and more.TimeframesApplications now…

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12 June 2025

The Evolution of Jumping Spiders: a phylogenetic framework for Euophryini – Journal Highlight

The Evolution of Jumping Spiders: a phylogenetic framework for Euophryini.First published: 16 January 2025Read the paper RES journal Systematic Entomology has recently begun considering papers on myriapods and arachnids (see here for further information). The article, “Phylogeny of euophryine jumping spiders from ultra-conserved elements, with evidence on the intersexual coevolution…

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11 June 2025

RES Journal Awards 2024

Image: Ambulyx Sp., Common Gliding Hawkmoth, Photo credit (c) Pritha Dey, Ecological Entomology Winner 2024We are very pleased to announce the winners of the Royal Entomological Society Journals awards for the best articles led by early career entomologists, published during 2024. The winners were selected by the Editors’-in-Chief of each…

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10 June 2025

Welcoming New Editors-in-Chief for Systematic Entomology 

The RES is delighted to welcome on board three new Editors-in-Chief for Systematic Entomology, Ligia Benavides, Chris Owen, and Emmanuel Toussaint. They will join Bonnie Blaimer (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany) and Gael Kergoat (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, France) in editing the journal. The new Editors-in-Chief replace Christiane Weirauch…

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5 June 2025

Arachnid and Myriapod articles welcome: an expanded scope and new Editor-in-Chief for Systematic Entomology

Systematic Entomology has been publishing continuously since 1936, first as Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society B: Taxonomy, and as Systematic Entomology since 1976. Our scope has evolved over the years and in recent years we have focused on publishing high-quality systematics, phylogenetics and integrative taxonomy research of broad biological,…

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5 June 2025

New book – How to be a Ladybird

How to be a Ladybird by Laura Knowles, Steven Wood Published 5 June 2025 Embark on an astounding journey with a newly hatched ladybird as they navigate the wonders and challenges of ladybird life, encountering a host of captivating insect characters, in an exciting graphic novel format.Guided by the wisdom…

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2 June 2025

Meet the Editor: Jordan Cuff 

Jordan became an Editor-in-Chief of Agricultural and Forest Entomology (AFE) in 2024, but has been a member (now Fellow) of the RES since his student days. AFE covers a wide range of topics, including research on insect pests, pollinators, and natural enemies in managed forests and agroecosystems.   Tell us a…

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20 May 2025

The Ugly Bug Ball – RES partners with Sparsholt College at Chelsea Flower Show

RES CEO Simon Ward supporting Sparsholt College Group with their Silver-Gilt award winning garden in the Green Stem Zone. It’s been two years since we unveiled the RES Insect Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. This year, we are working with Sparsholt College on their garden, ‘The Ugly Bug Ball’,…

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19 May 2025

Scientists’ warning on the need for greater inclusion of dragonflies in global conservation – Journal Highlight

Scientists’ warning on the need for greater inclusion of dragonflies in global conservation First published: 15 March 2025The Royal Entomological Society journal, Insect Conservation and Diversity, has recently published a forum article calling for greater inclusion of dragonflies in global conservation policies and actions. Dragonfly researchers from  across the world came…

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12 May 2025

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

Do beetle families show a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation? First published: 16 April 2025A recent review article by Alexandre M. M. C. Loureiro and M. Alex Smith in Ecological Entomology searched for evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle…

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9 May 2025

Meet the Editor: Gael Kergoat 

Gael Kergoat has been an Editor-in-Chief for Systematic Entomology since 2022. Systematic Entomology is our RES journal that specialises in insect systematics, phylogenetics, and integrative taxonomy, providing a comprehensive platform for advancing the understanding of insect diversity and evolution. It now also includes arthropods in its scope. Tell us a…