The medium is in the food chain of many insects, helping scientists discover history and preserve rare animals.
Cockroaches are one of the animals that humans hate the most, but their extinction will cause catastrophes to the ecosystems on the planet.
Discover the unexpected consequences of whale 'defecation' and eat again
If extinct, 3,500 species of mosquitoes on Earth will now disappear. Among them, about 200 species of mosquitoes are capable of sucking human blood and three species of Anopheles,
Shells of some Atlantic snail species - an important link in the food chain - have grown considerably over the last century, a new study finds.
Rapid climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula has caused simultaneous changes in the region's biological productivity.