Le podcast Bestioles, les aventures du monde animal ! fête ses deux ans et accueille sa huitième saison. Dédié aux enfants de 5 à 7 ans et aux adultes qui les entourent, il cumule à ce jour près de huit millions d’écoutes. Un podcast à écouter ou réécouter dès le
PlusHuman activity poses risks that have not yet been properly assessed to these complex communication networks that are the odours of nature. Agricultural processing industries, agricultural activities and livestock breeding produce large quantities of volatile organic compounds that mix with natural sources. To aggravate
PlusHuman activity poses risks that have not yet been properly assessed to these complex communication networks that are the odours of nature. Agricultural processing industries, agricultural activities and livestock breeding produce large quantities of volatile organic compounds that mix with natural sources. To aggravate
PlusThought to be so numerous and resilient that they would survive even a global nuclear conflict, insects are nevertheless disappearing everywhere, threatening to take many other species with them in serial collapses. What can be done about it? These issues are not orphaned, and political mobilization to tackle them is essential.
PlusThis is the most massive episode of species extinction since the disappearance of the dinosaurs. More than half of all insects are disappearing worldwide at an accelerated rate; the hecatomb is reaching the staggering figure of 80 % for Europe. When insects disappear, the entire living chain is affected. No more food
PlusThis is Finland. A first is about to be made: a vaccine to protect bees has just been developed by scientists. It would be the first vaccine in the world, with the hope of halting the decline of this insect's populations, and avoid causing a crisis.
PlusThe National Museum of Natural History and the CNRS are sounding the alarm: less than 60% of tawny sparrows in the last 10 years, a third of the skylarks that have disappeared in 15 years... Birds in the French countryside are victims of a "dizzying" decline, which has intensified even more in the last two years, according to new censuses. "The spring
PlusThe biomass of flying insects, which are essential to ecosystems, has decreased by more than 75 % in almost 30 years without scientists being able to determine the cause with certainty. The researchers, who have been conducting their study in protected areas in Germany since 1989, suspect that
PlusLa disparition qui semble implacable des abeilles et autres insectes pollinisateurs met en danger notre alimentation, notre santé et notre économie. L’usage intensif des pesticides et néonicotinoïdes a contribué dans une large mesure à cette extinction. Face à ce phénomène, des chercheurs s’activent pour trouver des parades. Certains en viennent
PlusDiscovering a new communication system in animals is unusual for the scientific world. But it is also very rare to demonstrate that a communication system between males and females derives from sensory circuits initially used by the species in a context of predator avoidance... Yet this is what
PlusSi vous êtes en train de lire cet article alors que vous dégustez votre petit déjeuner ou vous apprêtez à déjeuner, mille pardons. Cela risque de vous couper l’appétit. Et pourtant, selon une étude publiée dans Medical Daily et Nature, il faudra vous y faire car manger des insectes s’avère
PlusYnsect is the winner of the Grand Prix de l'innovation de la Ville de Paris 2012, Eco-innovations category. Fly chips, a few larvae, beetle or mosquito flour for dinner? Before human food, Ynsect first and foremost addresses the animal feed market, fond of
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