World’s largest insect faces extinction: how to save two species of Africa’s giant Goliath beetle

Mon, 3 Mar 2025 03:51:08 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/worlds-largest-insect-faces-extinction-how-to-save-two-species-of-africas-giant-goliath-beetle-249228>

"One of Africa’s giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New
research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been
almost wiped out by the west African cocoa industry and, to a lesser extent, by
the international trade in dried insects. Luca Luiselli, a professor of
biostatistics and ecology at the University of Lomé (Togo), has researched
threatened species in African forests for 30 years. He explains what has gone
wrong and how the Goliath beetle could be saved."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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