The experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to classify and display thousands of species

Marcus Dam KOLKATA: Two Czech nationals, held for allegedly smuggling specimens of beetles and moths from the northern range of the Singalila National Park in Darjeeling district on June 22, were remanded to judicial custody by a local court at a special session on Wednesday after their pleas for bail were rejected for the second time. The insects were found in the possession of the two men, Peter Svacha and Emil Kucera

An insect removal bin developed by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu promises to remove insects automatically from stored food grains. The structure has four major parts namely outer container, inner perforated container, collection vessel and the lid. Special container The grains are held in the specially designed inner perforated container. The space between inner and outer container provides good aeration for the insects.

Entomologist Petr Svacha, who was arrested for allegedly collecting insects from a Darjeeling forest, has to languish in jail. His bail plea could not even be moved because of a lawyers' strike to press for a Gorkhaland state. Czech national Svacha, 51, of the Academy of Sciences, Prague, and Emil Kucera, 52, were held held near Rimbik after forest officers caught them on June 22 with more than 200 beetles, butterflies and moths.

Kohima, July 6: The Nagaland Agriculture Department has ruled out apprehensions of famine following invasion of grasshoppers in several areas of the State. A release issued by the Director of the Agriculture Department stated that the long-horned grasshopper of

locusts move in swarms to save their butts. Literally, say researchers from the us, the uk and Australia. They are a menace for crops, because they move around in swarms. But their collective movement is hardly a sign of unity. The fact is there is a constant threat of attack from those approaching from behind; this gives the swarms their forward thrust, says the study published in the May

Caution India-Pakistan border at risk Swarms of locusts that were in Tajikistan in the last week of April, have moved into Afghanistan.

contrary to popular belief that global warming will lead to population explosion in insects, a recent study claims otherwise. It says the phenomenon will lead to extinction of insects in the

A new analysis published in Nature (May 15, 2008) revealed that a large number of physical and biological systems across the planet are being affected by global warming. The impacts range from

Insects in the tropics have been found to be on the wrong side of global warming, says Kirtiman Awasthi