Scientists are warning that insect species are declining and vanishing at an alarming rate. And while many people may view them as mere “pests,” in reality, insects are the essential base of the ecosystems that support our very lives. "Love them or loathe them, we humans cannot survive without insects" As Dr. Dave Goulson from the University of Sussex put it : “[I]nsects are at the heart of every food web, they pollinate the large majority of plant species, keep the soil heal

In 2019, a virus jumped from animals to humans. The disease it causes was coined “COVID-19” because, while not new to wild animals, there were no documented cases in humans until the year 2019. It’s not the first time a virus jumped from animals to humans, and it will almost certainly not be the last. HIV also jumped from wild animals to humans some decades ago. Our interactions with primates (by hunting them, eating them, or simply intruding into their habitats) somehow led