A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management ...

More people are keeping insects as pets and even some bugs such as cockroaches are priced at up to $80. But poachers who trade the critters from protected areas are coming at a cost to the ecosystem.

The collection began under Drs ... Diplura and Lepidoptera orders and found in the Southwest and Mexico. Each insect is then categorized by family, genus, and, of course, species, and is available ...