Highlights•Insect biodiversity is the highest in the tropics. Yet the responses of tropical
insects to environmental change are understudied.•More data is needed for the tropics to …

Our knowledge of biodiversity hinges on sufficient data, reliable methods, and realistic
models. Without an accurate assessment of species distributions, we cannot effectively …

The tropics contain a vast majority of species, yet our understanding of tropical biodiversity is
limited. Here we combine species locality data from scientific databases and social media to …

Despite the protected area expansion over the last decades, biodiversity continues to
decline. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, as well as the Kunming-Montreal Global …

Citizen science programs are becoming increasingly popular among naturalists but remain
heavily biased taxonomically and geographically. However, with the explosive popularity of …

Insect pollinators, especially bumblebees are rapidly declining from their natural habitat in
the mountain and temperate regions of the world due to climate change and other …

Highlights•Insect decline is a political issue as it affects human survival.•Current
conservation policy focuses mainly on species protection rather than tackling the drivers of …

Abstract Knowledge of biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the Tree of Life. In the long
run, such disparity in awareness unbalances our understanding of life on Earth, influencing …

Inconspicuous species challenge conservationists when it comes to delineate long-term
conservation planning or assess their status, particularly when their actual distribution is …

The expanding use of community science platforms has led to an exponential increase in
biodiversity data in global repositories. Yet, understanding of species distributions remains …