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The World’s Largest Insect Is Vanishing – And Chocolate Is To Blame
A giant of the insect world is disappearing at an alarming rate. The Goliath beetle (Goliathus cacicus and Goliathus regius), ...
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World’s largest insect faces extinction due to humans’ chocolate demand
The chocolate industry's insatiable demand for cocoa is pushing the Goliath beetle to the brink of extinction.
Largest Insect on Earth Headed For Extinction Thanks to Our Love of Chocolate
We estimate that about 80 percent of the Goliathus cacicus population has been wiped out in Côte d'Ivoire if we consider the ...
World’s largest insect, Africa’s giant Goliath beetle, faces extinction
New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...
This massive insect is vanishing, and chocolate may be the unexpected reason
Cocoa farming in West Africa is endangering Goliath beetles, which are crucial to their ecosystem. Deforestation for cocoa ...
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With over 35 million specimens, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is home to one of the largest entomological collections in the world. Specimens and their associated data are used ...