animal conservation, endangered insects, ethics, insects

Scientist Questions Ethics of Collecting Endangered Insects for Study

“I have developed a real passion for a midge,” said Valeria Lencioni in an interview with GlacierHub. The midge in question, Diamesa steinboecki, is one of the highly endangered insects that she observed in the glacial streams of the Italian Alps where she conducts her research. When she started studying glacial fauna in 1996, little was ...

Troy Oakes

Dragonfly sitting on a twig.