For example, a 2008 study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that Australia's Lord Howe Island stick insects (Dryococelus australis) — once thought to be extinct ...

Some flowers support alternate prey for natural enemies. For example, marigolds often support numerous tiny pest insects called thrips, which in turn are fed on by tiny voracious predatory bugs, Orius ...

In the forest, these three are examples of insects helping decompose trees into soil. Without them and the associated fungi and bacteria, we would be up to our eyeballs in timber and our soils ...