Birds and mammals hog research while insects are ignored, studies find

Two studies by UNSW scientists, reviewing over 1.38 million ecology and evolution papers, found vertebrates appear in 53.9% of research though they make up only 4.7% of animal biodiversity. Birds and mammals, under 1% of animal species, dominate conservation and research, while invertebrates like insects and arachnids get the least attention. The studies appeared in Ecology and Evolution.