In focusing on how organisms' generalizable functional properties (traits) interact
mechanistically with environments across spatial scales and levels of biological …

Arthropods are declining globally, and entomologists ought to be in the forefront of
protecting them. However, entomological study methods are typically lethal, and we argue …

Most animal species on Earth are insects, and recent reports suggest that their abundance is
in drastic decline. Although these reports come from a wide range of insect taxa and regions …

Natural history collections play a crucial role in biodiversity research, and museum
specimens are increasingly being incorporated into modern genetics‐based studies …

Natural history collections (NHCs) are important resources for a diverse array of scientific
fields. Recent digitization initiatives have broadened the user base of NHCs, and new …

Targeted enrichment of ultraconserved elements (UCEs) has emerged as a promising tool
for inferring evolutionary history in many taxa, with utility ranging from phylogenetic and …

Ecology documents and interprets the abundance and distribution of organisms.
Ecoinformatics addresses this challenge by analyzing databases of observational data …

Simple Summary Insects—as many other organisms—provide services for our societies,
which are essential for our sustainable future. A classic example of an insect service is …

Aim The biodiversity crisis has highlighted the need to assess and map biodiversity in order
to prioritize conservation efforts. Clearwing butterflies (tribe Ithomiini) have been proposed …

Bees are important pollinators of wild and domesticated flowering plant species. Over the
last 30 years, an increasing number of scientific articles have been published on the ecology …