Half a million insect species face extinction

Half of the one million animal and plant species on earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance may be catastrophic for human kind, scientists have said in a “warning to humanity.”

Half of the one million animal and plant species on earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance may be catastrophic for human kind, scientists have said in a “warning to humanity.”

Monarch butterfly sucks nectar from a flower (Gurminder Singh/HT Photo)