Wild honeybee colonies, which scientists believed to be extinct in Europe, have just been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. A group of researchers, Honey Bee Watch, resumed the study of these colonies and demonstrated their continued existence in various European Union countries. They nest in tree cavities, chimneys and […]

The “Man & Biodiversity” field school took place from Wednesday, May 7 to Wednesday, May 14, 2025, on the campus of the National School of Water and Forests (ENEF) in Mbalmayo, Cameroon. Under the direction of Philippe le Gall (IRD-EGCE) and Pierre-Olivier Maquart (IRD-EGCE). This mission offered eight students from ENEF and two students from

The BUTTERFLY project, in which Fabrice Requier’group is implicated, is a transdisciplinary project which gathers 24 teams of 13 countries and 3 territoires d’outre-mer (NO, DE, FR, EL, DK, IE, FI, NL, PL, IT, ES, BE, UK, Groenland, Curaçao, Martinique). This project aims at understanding the threats leading to the decline of pollinisators (insects, and

Are you curious about discovering innovative solutions for sustainable food? Wondering why people eat insects? Can all insects be eaten? Who consumes them, and what do they taste like? Join us for an exciting conference on edible insects, a topic that challenges common perceptions and offers a promising alternative to the global ecological and food

Philippe Le Gall and Pierre-Olivier Maquart are back from a land school in Cameroon. It was held from 13th to 22th of May. Teachers from IRD, CNRS and Universities of Cameroon and France plus GNO were present. It allowed to show students from the universities of Diala and Youndé what is insect biodiversity. It was

Laure Kaiser-Arnauld et Taia Fortuna published with a colleague from Arvalis an article published in Perspectives Agricoles. It is about the utilization of Cotesia to kill Sesamia. Research is still ungoing.