

Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. What is causing the collapse of the insect world? And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life as we know it? In The Insect Crisis, Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. Three out of every four of our planet's known animal species are insects.

From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere.
