Insect extinction has severe consequences

Portrait of a red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta.

This species arrived to the southeastern United States from South America in the 1930s. Source: Invasive Species Council

The world is headed towards its sixth mass extinction, with one third of the insect population at risk of dying out within the next ten years, according to a scientific review.



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