Most insects encountered in the field are initially entomological dark matter in that they
cannot be identified to species while alive. This explains the enduring quest for efficient …

Highlights•Human disturbances are driving the current biodiversity crisis.•Fundamental
biodiversity challenges include biodiversity discovery, loss, and preservation.•The omics …

It is a global priority to better manage the biosphere, but action must be informed by
comprehensive data on the abundance and distribution of species. The acquisition of such …

Tracking insect biodiversity trends and predicting future trajectories is limited by a lack of
monitoring data across large spatiotemporal scales. DNA metabarcoding is a time‐and cost …

Urbanization negatively impacts aboveground biodiversity, such as bird and insect
communities. City parks can reduce these negative impacts by providing important habitat …

Biomonitoring of agriculturally important insects is increasingly vital given our need to
understand:(a) the severity of impacts by pests and pathogens on crop yield and health and …

Although studies of insect decline have recently dominated headlines worldwide, their
interpretation requires caution since for most species, we lack long‐term population …

Despite occupying only a small portion of the Earth's surface, tropical rainforests are some of
the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Given the hyperdiversity of tropical rainforests …

Collembola are used widely to monitor soil health and functional parameters. Recent
developments in high throughput sequencing (especially metabarcoding) have substantially …

Metabarcoding is a powerful tool widely used to analyze soil communities but
methodological difficulties can introduce biases, resulting in inaccurate estimation of species …